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Grade 12Electrostatics

3 small spheres each carrying a positive charge q are placed On the circumference of a circle of radius to form an equilateral triangle.the electric field intensity at the centre of the circle will beAns is zero how is it explain it plz

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9 Years agoGrade 12
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9 Years ago
Because of symmetry the field by the charges q placed at every corner of equilateral triangle gets canceled out and we get net electric field at the centre zero

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