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Q125JEE Main 2005 · AIEEEMedium

Electric Potential & Equipotentials

Two thin wire rings each having a radius RR are placed at a distance dd apart with their axes coinciding. The charges on the two rings are +q+q and −q.-q. The potential difference between the centres of the two rings is

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Answer: (a)

  1. V1=kqR−kqR2+d2V_1 = \dfrac{kq}{R} - \dfrac{kq}{\sqrt{R^2 + d^2}}, V2=−kqR+kqR2+d2V_2 = -\dfrac{kq}{R} + \dfrac{kq}{\sqrt{R^2 + d^2}}
  2. V1−V2=2kq[1R−1R2+d2]V_1 - V_2 = 2kq\left[\dfrac1R - \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{R^2 + d^2}}\right]
  3. =q2πϵ0[1R−1R2+d2]= \dfrac{q}{2\pi\epsilon_0}\left[\dfrac1R - \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{R^2 + d^2}}\right]
  4. So the answer is (a).
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