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1. Electric Charges and Fields
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The electric field intensity at $P$ and $Q$, in the shown arrangement, are in the ratio

A
$1: 2$
B
$2: 1$
C
$1: 1$
D
$4: 3$
Solution
(c)
$E_p=\frac{k q}{r^2} \quad \dots (i)$
$E_Q=\frac{k q}{(2 r)^2}+\frac{k \cdot 3 q}{(2 r)^2}$
$=\frac{k q}{4 r^2}+\frac{k \cdot 3 q}{4 r^2}$
$=\frac{k q}{r^2} \quad \dots (ii)$
$E_P: E_Q=1: 1$
Standard 12
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