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A triangle is made from thin insulating rods of different lengths, and the rods are uniformly charged, i.e. the linear charge density on each rod is uniform and the same for all three rods. Then

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a

The electric field is zero at the incentre only when it is an equilateral triangle.

b

The electric field at the incentre of triangle is zero.

c

If rods are making equilateral triangle of side length 2a ,then field on the axis of triangle passing through centroid and normal to its plane decreases monotonically as distance from centroid increases.

d

If rods are making equilateral triangle of side length 2a ,then field on the axis of triangle passing through centroid and normal to its plane is maximum at distance a3 from is centroid.

answer is A, B.

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The charge it carries is Δq=λrΔφcos2φ .where λ  is the linear charge density on the rods. The magnitude of the elementary contribution of this small piece to the electric field at the incentre is
ΔE=14πε0Δqcos2φr2=14πε0λrΔφr2 
It can be seen from this result that the same electric field (in both magnitude and direction) would be produced by an arc of the inscribed circle that subtends  Δϕ at the circle’s centre and carries the same linear charge density λ  as the rod.

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