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A wire is bent in the form of a regular hexagon and a total charge q is distributed uniformly on it. What is the electric field at the centre? You may answer this part without making any numerical calculations.

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Since it is a regular hexagon. So, it forms
an equipotential surface. Hence the charge at each point is equal . Hence the net electric field at the centre is 0.
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