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1. Electric Charges and Fields
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Positive point charges are placed at the vertices of a star shape as shown in the figure. Direction of the electrostatic force on a negative point charge at the centre $O$ of the star is

A
towards right
B
vertically up
C
towards left
D
vertically down
(KVPY-2017)
Solution

(a)
Net resultant force is due to unbalanced forces of $3 q$ and $2 q$ charges.
After cancellation of equal forces, we have following configuration:
Hence, net force is towards right.
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