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Two equally charged identical metal spheres A and B repel each other with a force F. Another identical uncharged sphere C is touched to A and then placed midway between A and B. The net force on C is in the direction:


A
F towards A
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B
F towards B
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C
2F towards A
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2F towards B
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Solution

The correct option is A F towards A
The spheres are equally charged. Let the charge be q.
Now, using coulombs law,
kq2/r2=F ( r is the distance between the two spheres )
When the uncharged sphere touches A, q/2 charge gets transferred to C
Now, force on C,
=k(q/2)(q/2)(r/2)2k(q/2)(q)(r/2)2=kq2/r22kq2/r2=F
Net force is thus towards A.

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