Question:

An infinite number of electric charges each equal to 5 nano- coulomb (magnitude) are placed along X-axis at x = 1cm, x = 2 cm, x = 4 cm x = 8 cm and so on. In the setup if the consecutive charges have opposite sign, then the electric field in Newton/Coulomb at x = 0 is

Options :

  • a) 12 x 10⁴
  • b) 24 x 10⁴
  • c) 36 x 10⁴
  • d) 48 x 10⁴

Answer :

c) 36 x 10⁴

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