Four electrical charges are arranged on the corners of a 10 cm square as shown. What would be the direction of the resulting electric field at the center point P ?

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Four electrical charges are arranged on the corners of a 10 cm square as shown. What would be the direction of the resulting electric field at the center point P ? <img class="img-fluid question-image" alt="image" src="https://cdn.tardigrade.in/img/question/physics/7253068f891d65e83cf31f926b884ed8-.png" /> (A) arrow (B)  uparrow (C) arrow (D)  downarrow

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E1=E4=2 E2=2 E3 <img class="img-fluid question-image" alt="image" src="https://cdn.tardigrade.in/img/question/physics/d622286d04f7e4932c07ed8e3da680e0-.png" /> Horizontal components will be canceled, net field will be upward.

Q. Four electrical charges are arranged on the corners of a $10 c m$ square as shown. What would be the direction of the resulting electric field at the center point $P$ ?

$\to$

$↑$

$\leftarrow$

$↓$

$E_{1} = E_{4} = 2 E_{2} = 2 E_{3}$

Horizontal components will be canceled, net field will be upward.

Q. Four electrical charges are arranged on the corners of a 10cm square as shown. What would be the direction of the resulting electric field at the center point P ?

→

↑

←

↓

E1​=E4​=2E2​=2E3​ Horizontal components will be canceled, net field will be upward.

Q. Four electrical charges are arranged on the corners of a $10 c m$ square as shown. What would be the direction of the resulting electric field at the center point $P$ ?

$\to$

$↑$

$\leftarrow$

$↓$

$E_{1} = E_{4} = 2 E_{2} = 2 E_{3}$

Horizontal components will be canceled, net field will be upward.