Q.

A cube of side b has a charge q at seven of its vertices. The electric field due to this charge distribution at the centre of this cube will be:

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a

32 kb/b2

b

4kq3b2

c

kb/2b2

d

Zero

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

If same charge is placed at all eight vertices then net electric field is zero i.e., vector sum of all eight fields is zero.
E1+E2+E3+E4+E5+E6+E7+E8=0 E1+E2+E3+E4+E5+E6+E7=E8=4kq3b2
As half of the diagonal of the cube is r=3b2
Hence when seven charges are at vertices then electric field at the center =4kq3b2

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