Home
Class 12
PHYSICS
Two electric charges q and - 2 q are pla...

Two electric charges `q and - 2 q` are placed at a distance 6 m apart on a horizontal plane. Find the locus of point on this plane where the potential has a value zero.
.

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

The correct Answer is:
Locus is a circle (equation depends on choice of coordinate system)
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • ELECTROSTATICS

    RESONANCE|Exercise Part - II|23 Videos

  • ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION

    RESONANCE|Exercise A.l.P|19 Videos

  • EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS

    RESONANCE|Exercise PART -II|10 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

Two electric +q and +4q are placed at a distance 6a apart on a horizontal plane. Find the position of the point on the line joining the two charges where the electric field is zero.

Two charge _q and -3q are placed at a distance of 1 m apart.Find out the points on the line joing two charges, where electric potential is zero.

Charges Q and -2Q are placed at some distance. The locus of points in the plane of the charges where the potential is zero will be :

Two point charges q and -2q are kept 'd' distance apart. Find the location of the point relative to charge q at which potential due to the system of charges is zero.

Two point charges 2q and 8q are placed at a distance r apart. Where should a third charge -q be placed between them so that the electrical potential energy of the system is a minimum

Two points charges q and -2q are placed some distance d apart. If the electric field at the location of q is E, that at the location of -2q is

Two point electric charges of values q and 2q are kept at a distance d apart from each other in air. A third charge Q is to be kept along the same line in such a way that the net force acting on q and 2q is zero.Find the location of the third charge from charge q.

RESONANCE-ELECTROSTATICS-HLP
  1. Three point charges q, 2q and 8q are to be placed on a . 9cm long st...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. The field potentail in a certain region of space depends only on the...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. A conducting sphere S1 of radius r is attached to an insulating handle...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. The electric field strength depends only on the x and y coordinates a...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. A solid non conducting sphere of radius R has a non-uniform charge dis...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. Two electric charges q and - 2 q are placed at a distance 6 m apart on...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. Two small metallic balls of radii R(1) & R(2) are kept in vacuum at a ...

    Text Solution

    |

  8. A ball of radius R carries a positive charge whose volume density dep...

    Text Solution

    |

  9. Consider an equilateral triangle ABC of side 2a in the plane of the pa...

    Text Solution

    |

  10. An electrostatic field line leaves at angle alpha from charge q(1) and...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. Figure shown two infinitely large conducting plates A and B. If electr...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. In a neutral conducting hollow sphere of inner and outer radii 5 cm an...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. Figure shows a system of three concentric metal shells, A, B and C wit...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. A point charge q is brought slowly from infinity and is placed at the ...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. Consider two solid dielectric spheres of radius a, separated by a dist...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. A triangle is made from thin insulating rods of different lengths, and...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. A square of side d, made from a thin insulating plate, is uniformly ch...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. A point charge q is located between two mutually perpendicular conduct...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. A point charge q is located at a distance l from an infinite condutin...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. A very long straight thread is oriented at right angles to an inifinit...

    Text Solution

    |