Colinear point charges

Colinear point charges#

Part 1#

If the electric field at a point on the line between two charges is zero, what do you know about the charges?

Answer Section#

  • The charges have opposite signs

  • The charges have the same sign.

  • The absolute value of the two charges are the same.

Attribution#

Problem is from the OpenStax University Physics Volume 2 textbook, licensed under the CC-BY 4.0 license.
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