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Four charges are arranged at the corners of a square ABCD, as shown in the figure. The force on the positive charge kept at the centre O is

A
zero
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B
along the diagonal AC
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C
along the diagonal BD
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D
perpendicular to side AB
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Solution

The correct option is C along the diagonal BD

FnetduetochargeplacedatAandC,Fnet=FOAFOC=0

|FOA|=|FOC|=∣ ∣ ∣KqQ(a2)2∣ ∣ ∣

FnetduetochargeplacedatBandD,Fnet=FOD+FOB

=F1+F2towardsD

If we put a positive charge at O.

The resultant force due to the charge placed at A and C is zero and resultant force due to B and D is towards D, along the diagonal BD.


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