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Grade 12th passMechanics

Three rigid rods are joined to form an equilateral triangle
ABC of side 1 m. Three particles carrying charges
20 micro Coloumb each are attached to the vertices of the triangle.
The whole system is at rest in an inertial frame. The
resultant force on the charged particle at A has the
magnitude

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7 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Arun
7 Years ago
All the three particles have same charge therefore they should repel each other.The charge at point A will experience repulsive force from point B and C.Similarly point B will experience force from A and C and point C will experience force from A and B . The resultant of the forces from point B to A and C to A will be cancelled out the resultant of force from A to C and A to B and therefore net force is zero