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Grade 12Electrostatics

Five charges each of -q are placed at 5 vertices of a regular hexagon. What is the net electric field at the centre of the hexagon

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8 Years agoGrade 12
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8 Years ago
Dear Hrishabh ,
 
Net electric field will be zero at its centre .. all charges are equidistance from centre of hexagon so electric field due to a charge will be balanced by its opp. charge so net electric field will be zero ..
 
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Adarsh

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