Less than perfect

Three charges are placed at the vertices of an isosceles right triangle as shown.The net electrostatic energy of the configuration is ZERO, If Q Q is equal to:

q 1 + 2 \frac{-q}{1+\sqrt{2}} -2q +q 2 q 2 + 2 \frac{-2q}{2+\sqrt{2}}

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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 \text{Length of the hypotenuse =} \sqrt{a^2+a^2} = \sqrt{2}a

Since the net potential energy of the system is 0 we have : \text{Since the net potential energy of the system is 0 we have :}

1 4 π ϵ 0 ( q 2 a + q Q a + q Q 2 a ) = 0 \begin{aligned} \frac{1}{4\pi\epsilon_0}(\frac{q^2}{a}+\frac{qQ}{a}+\frac{qQ}{\sqrt{2}a}) = 0 \end{aligned}

q a = ( q Q a + q Q 2 a ) \begin{aligned} \frac{q}{a} = -(\frac{qQ}{a}+\frac{qQ}{\sqrt{2}a}) \end{aligned}

1 = Q Q 2 \begin{aligned} 1 = -Q-\frac{Q}{\sqrt2} \end{aligned}

Thus the answer is : Q = 2 q 2 + 2 \text{Thus the answer is :}\begin{aligned} \color{#624F41}{\mathbf{Q}} = \frac{-2q}{2+\sqrt{2}} \end{aligned}

I didnt get how you got in q/a

Mr Yovan - 5 years, 1 month ago

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