Three charges are placed at the vertices of an isosceles right triangle as shown.The net electrostatic energy of the configuration is ZERO, If is equal to:
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We have an isosceles triangle of length a for equal sides.
Length of the hypotenuse = a 2 + a 2 = 2 a
Since the net potential energy of the system is 0 we have :
4 π ϵ 0 1 ( a q 2 + a q Q + 2 a q Q ) = 0
a q = − ( a q Q + 2 a q Q )
1 = − Q − 2 Q
Thus the answer is : Q = 2 + 2 − 2 q