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If three equal charges are placed at the corners of an equilateral triangle, the potential at the center of the triangle will be zero.(a) True(b) FalseI got this question in an interview for job.My question is taken from Potential Energy of a System of Charges in division Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance of Physics – Class 12 |
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Answer» RIGHT choice is (b) False Easiest explanation: Electrostatic potential at a distance r from a point charge q is \(\frac {1}{4 \pi \EPSILON} * \frac {q}{r}\). Therefore, adding this TERM THREE times, we get some positive value, not zero. Therefore, the potential energy at the center of the triangle is positive, not zero. |
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