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Two point charges, each with a charge of `+ 1 muC`, lie at some finite distance apart. On which of the segments of an infinite line going through the charges is there a point, a finite distance away from the charges, where the electric potential is zero, assuming that it vanishes at infinity?

A

Between the charges only

B

On either side outside the system

C

Impossible to tell without knowing the distance between to tell without knowing the distance between

D

Nowhere

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