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The electric field at the origin is along the +ve x-axis. A small circle is drawn with the centre at the origin cutting the axes at the points A, B, C and D having coordinates (a,0), (0,a), (-a,0), (0,-a) respectively. Out of points on the periphery of the circle, the potential is minimum at

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