Question

What do ${\mathrm{q}}_1+{\mathrm{q}}_2=0$ signify in electrostatics?

Answer 1

Definition

1. Electrostatics is a branch of physics that deals with the phenomena and properties of stationary or slow-moving electric charges.
2. Electrostatic phenomena arise from the forces that electric charges exert on each other and are described by Coulomb’s law.

What ${\mathrm{q}}_1+{\mathrm{q}}_2=0$ signifies

1. Given that the charge q₁, as well as the other charge q₂, is equal to zero.
2. The equation indicates that one charge is positive and the second is negative.
3. The magnitude of both charges is equal.
4. This means the two given charges on the system in totality will account for zero total charge.

Therefore, the force acting on the system will also be zero.