JEE Main 2012 — Electrostatics Question with Solution
JEE Main 2012 (26 May Online)
Question
Three positive charges of equal value are placed at vertices of an equilateral triangle. The resulting lines of force should be sketched as in
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Correct answer
C
Step-by-step explanation
Electric lines of force due to a positive charge is spherically symmetric.
All the charges are positive and equal in magnitude. So repulsion takes place. Due to which no lines of force are present inside the equilateral triangle and the resulting lines of force obtained as shown:
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