Two similarly and equally charged identical metal spheres A and B repel each other with a force of 2 . 0 × 10 - 5 N . A third identical, uncharged sphere C is touched with A and then placed at the mid-point between A and B . What is net electric force on C ?

In first condition, q 1 = q 2 = q Force of repulsion = F = 2 . 0 × 10 - 5 N F = 1 4 π ϵ 0 · q 2 r 2 = 9 × 10 9 q 2 r 2 q 2 r 2 = 2 × 10 - 5 9 × 10 9 = 2 9 × 10 - 14 When uncharged sphere C touched with A , then charge on A and C = q + 0 2 = q 2 Now C , is placed at middle of A and B F net at sphere C = F eA - F eB = 1 4 π ε 0 . q 2 · q 2 ( r / 2 ) 2 - 1 4 π ϵ 0 · q · q / 2 ( r / 2 ) 2 = 1 4 π ϵ 0 · q 2 × 4 4 r 2 - 1 4 π ϵ 0 · q 2 × 4 2 r 2 = 1 4 π ε 0 · q 2 r 2 [ 1 - 2 ] = - 1 4 π ε 0 · q 2 r 2 = - 2 . 0 × 10 - 5 N Magnitude of net force = 2 . 0 × 10 - 5 N - ve sign indicates that direction will be opposite to B mean towards A

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Charges of

+ 2, + 3

and

- 8 μC

are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side

10 cm

. Calculate the magnitude of the force acting on the

- 8 μC

charge due to the other two charges.

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Three charges

- 1, 2

and

3

microcoulomb are placed respectively at the corners A, B and C of an equilateral triangle of side

200 cm

. Calculate the potential and.

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Three charges

- 1, 2

and

3

micro coulomb are placed respectively at the corners A, B and C of an equilateral triangle of side

200 cm

. Calculate the field intensity at a point P which is half-way along BC.

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Two similarly and equally charged identical metal spheres

A

and

B

repel each other with a force of

2.0 \times 10^{- 5} N

. A third identical, uncharged sphere

C

is touched with

A

and then placed at the mid-point between

A

and

B

. What is net electric force on

C

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Two charges of

+ 1 μ C

and

- 1 μ C

are placed at the corners of the base of an equilateral triangle. The length of the side of the triangle is

0.7 m

. Find the electric field intensity at the apex of the triangle.

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Two particles A and B having charges $8 \times 10^{- 6}$ coulomb and $- 2 \times 10^{6}$ coulomb respectively are held fixed with a separation of $20 cm$ . Where should a third charged particle be placed so that it does not experience any electric force?