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Electrostatics

Consider three charges q1, q2, q3 each equal to q at the
vertices of an equilateral triangle of side l. What is the force on a
charge Q (with the same sign as q) placed at the centroid of the
triangle, as shown in Fig. 1.9?
FIGURE 1.9

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11 Years ago
Force experience by the charge ‘Q’ in the electric field due to system of charges.
As all the charges are positive hance there would be net zero field at centroid would be zero.