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What do q1+q2=0 signify in electrostatics?


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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 q1+q2=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.


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