Home
Class 12
PHYSICS
Two charges 5 xx 10^(-8) C and -3 xx 10^...

Two charges `5 xx 10^(-8)` C and `-3 xx 10^(-8)` C are located 16 cm apart. At what point(s) on the line joining the two charges is the electric potential zero? Take the potential at infinity to be zero.

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

10 cm, 40 cm away from the positive charge on the side of the negative charge.
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL AND CAPACITANCE

    NCERT BANGLISH|Exercise ADDITIONAL EXERCISES|1 Videos

  • ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL AND CAPACITANCE

    NCERT BANGLISH|Exercise ADDITIONAL EXERCISES|1 Videos

  • ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES

    NCERT BANGLISH|Exercise ADDITIONAL EXERCISES|5 Videos

  • MAGNETISM AND MATTER

    NCERT BANGLISH|Exercise Additional Exercises|12 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

Two charges 5times10^(-8)c and -3times10^(-8)C are located 16cm apart-At what point(s) on the line joining the two charges is the electric potential zero? "Take the potential at infinity to be zero.

The points on the line joining two charges +q and 3q (kept at a distance of 1.0 m) where electric potential is zero.

Two point charges +4q and +q are placed 30 cm apart. The electric field intensity at a point on the line joining the two charges is zero. The point is situated at a distance

Two point charge q_(1) = 10 xx 10^(-8)C and q_(2) = -2 xx 10^(-8)C are separated by a distance of 6 cm in air. (ii) The electrostatic potential energy of the system is

Two point charges +4 esu and +9 esu are placed 10 cm apart. At what point on the line joining them will a unit positive charge experience (i) an equal but opposite and (ii) an equal and unidirectional force?

Two point charges q_A=3muC and q_B=-3muC are located 20 cm apart in vacuum. What is the electric field at the midpoint of the line AB joining the two charges ?

Two point charge q_(1) = 10 xx 10^(-8)C and q_(2) = -2 xx 10^(-8)C are separated by a distance of 6 cm in air. (i) The distance from q_(1) of the point of zero electric potential is

Charges +2 xx 10^(-7)C, -4 xx 10^(-7)C and +8 xx 10^(-7)C are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side 10 cm in air. Determine the electrical potential energy of this system of charges.

NCERT BANGLISH-ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL AND CAPACITANCE -EXERCISES
  1. Two charges 5 xx 10^(-8) C and -3 xx 10^(-8) C are located 16 cm apar...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. A regular hexagon of side 10 cm has a charge 5 muC at each of its ver...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. Two charges 2 µC and –2 µC are placed at points A and B 6 cm apart. ...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. A spherical conductor of radius 12 cm has a charge of 1.6 xx 10^(-7) C...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. A parallel plate capacitor with air between the plates has a capacitan...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. Three capacitors each of capacitance 9 pF are connected in series. (...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. Three capacitors of capacitances 2 pF, 3 pF and 4 pF are connected in ...

    Text Solution

    |

  8. In a parallel plate capacitor with air between the plates, each plate ...

    Text Solution

    |

  9. Explain what would happen if in the capacitor given in Exercise, a 3 m...

    Text Solution

    |

  10. A 12pF capacitor is connected to a 50V battery. How much electrostatic...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. A 600pF capacitor is charged by a 200V supply. It is then disconnected...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. A cube of side b has a charge q at each of its vertices. Determine the...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. Two tiny spheres carrying charges 1.5 µC and 2.5 µC are located 30 cm ...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. A spherical conducting shell of inner radius r(1) and outer radius r(2...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. A long charged cylinder of linear charged density lambda is surrounded...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. In a hydrogen atom, the electron and proton are bound at a distance of...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. If one of the two electrons of a H(2) molecule is removed, we get a hy...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. Two charged conducting spheres of radii a and b are connected to each ...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. Two charges –q and +q are located at points (0, 0, –a) and (0, 0, a), ...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. Figure 2.32 shows a charge array known as an electric quadrupole. For ...

    Text Solution

    |