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Grade 12th passElectrostatics

four identical large metal plates are arranged parallel to each other with equal gaps in between. they are given charges q,2q,3q,4q(counting from any side). the outermost plates are now shorted. the charge which flows throughthe shorting wire is

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9 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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9 Years ago
Henceforth the all the four charges are masterminded in parallel with the equivalent holes between the plates. 
At that point the charge course through the shorting wire is the resultant of the four charges that is q+2q+3q+4q = 11q