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Six charges, three positive and three negative of equal magnitude are to be placed at the vertices of a regular hexagon such that the electric field at $O$ is double the electric field when only one positive charge of same magnitude is placed at $R$. Which of the following arrangements of charges is possible for $P,\,Q,\,R,\,S,\,T,\,$ and $U$ respectively

A
$ + ,\, - ,\, + ,\, - ,\, - ,\, + $
B
$ + ,\, - ,\, + ,\, - ,\, + ,\, - $
C
$ + ,\, + ,\, - ,\, + ,\, - ,\, - $
D
$ - ,\, + ,\, + ,\, - ,\, + ,\, - $
(IIT-2004)
Solution
(d) If the charges are arranged according to the option $(d)$, the electric fields due to $P$ and $S$ and due to $Q$ and $T$ add to zero, while due to $U$ and $R$ will be added up.
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