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An electric dipole is placed at a distance x from centre O on the axis of a charged ring of radius R and charge Q uniformly distributed over it.
(a) Find the net force acting on the dipole
(b) What is the work done in rotating the dipole through `180^(@)`?
`[(a) (aqQ)/(2piepsilon_(0))((R^(2)-2x^(2))/((R^(2)+x^(2))^(3//2))), (b) (aqQx)/(piepsilon_(0)(R^(2)+x^(2))^(3//2))]`

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