JEE Main · 2005 · 08 May 2005 · Offline · Electrostatics

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Two point charges and are located at and respectively. The location of a point on the axis at which the net electric field due to these two point charges is zero is
  1. (A)✓ Correct
  2. (B)
  3. (C)
  4. (D)

Answer: (A)

Solution

The null point must lie beyond the smaller charge , past , where the two fields can point opposite ways. Equating magnitudes, , so and , which gives .

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