1. Electric Charges and Fields
medium

An infinite number of point charges, each carrying $1 \,\mu C$ charge, are placed along the y-axis at $y=1\, m , 2\, m , 4 \,m , 8\, m \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots$

The total force on a $1 \,C$ point charge, placed at the origin, is $x \times 10^{3}\, N$. The value of $x$, to the nearest integer, is .........

[Take $\left.\frac{1}{4 \pi \epsilon_{0}}=9 \times 10^{9} \,Nm ^{2} / C ^{2}\right]$

A

$9$

B

$16$

C

$12$

D

$24$

(JEE MAIN-2021)

Solution

$F=k(1 C)(1 \mu C)\left[1+\frac{1}{2^{2}}+\frac{1}{4^{2}}+\frac{1}{8^{2}}+\ldots\right]$

$=9 \times 10^{3}\left[\frac{1}{1-\frac{1}{4}}\right]=12 \times 10^{3}\, N$

Standard 12
Physics

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