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Grade 12General Physics

a short dipole is placed at a distance x from centre O on the axis of a ring of radius R and charge Q is uniformly distributed over it. the net force acting on the dipole is?

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12 Years agoGrade 12
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12 Years ago
See
if you draw the figure.

you will realise that because of the symmetry horizontal components of all the (assuming dipole is on y axis). by
will be cancelled so you will have a integration of
following type


Arun Kumar

IIT Delhi
Askiitians Faculty