JEE Main 2022 — Electrostatics Question with Solution
From: JEE Main 2022 (Online) 27th June Evening Shift
Question
Three identical charged balls each of charge 2 C are suspended from a common point P by silk threads of 2 m each (as shown in figure). They form an equilateral triangle of side 1m.
The ratio of net force on a charged ball to the force between any two charged balls will be :
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Step-by-step explanation

Fnet on charge 3,
Force between any 2 charges
So,
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