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A point charge `q_(1)=+6e` fixed at the origin of a conducting system, and another point charge `q_(2) = -10e` is fixed at `x=8` nm, `y=0`. The locus of all points in the `xy` plane for which potential `V=0` (other than infinity) is a circle consider on the x-axis, as shown

x-coordinate of the centre of the circle is

A

`-2` nm

B

`-3` nm

C

`-4.5` nm

D

`-7.5` nm

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