silly question

four equal and identical charges are placed at the vertices of a square

There is a netforce act upon each charge q.but it is not accelerated why?

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playpower94 ·

because the charge is balanced by da components of FNET forces ... or something awkward going to happen as aragorn said [5]

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Anirudh Narayanan ·

Unless you are binding them together by a strong rod or a taut unstretchable string, the charges will accelerate won't they?

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skygirl ·

is the direction of net force .... correct ???

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Anirudh Narayanan ·

Why is it wrong? It is given all the four charges have same magnitude and sign. If F is force due to one charge then

lFnetl=F(1+√2)

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rahul wadhwani ·

they have acceleration until they r fixed if they r fixed then an equal opposite force will act on charge to keep in its state of rest if possible to stop if not possible then will accelerate surely

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