Consider the x-axis with 4.0 ?C at x = 1.0 meter and -2.0 ?C at the origin. Where should 6.0 ?C be placed so that the net force on it is zero?

What will be an ideal response?


x = -2.4 meters

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Which of the following could explain why Venus does not have a strong magnetic field?

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Two equal positive charges are separated by d. Then one of the charges is replaced by a negative charge of the same magnitude. Take the potential at infinity to be zero. In which situation is the potential higher midway between the charges; is this value of potential zero?

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