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Asked by SanskarAgarwal86 | 30 May, 2019, 21:00: PM

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For system to be in equilibrium the net force on charges should be zero

Let us take the distance beween Q1 and Q2 be and q is placed at adistance x from the charge Q1 and therefore the distance between q and Q2 would be d-x.

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Answered by Utkarsh Lokhande | 31 May, 2019, 09:50: AM

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