Question

Each charge is equidistant from the origin. In which direction is the net electric field at the point P on the y-axis?

Answer 1

"Upwards and towards the left" is the right answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

The magnitude of the field will be:

⇒
`E=(kq)/(r^2)`

And direction -> for negative charges, to positive charges, except charges.

• Charging across the y-axis. It would be up to the aggregate field.
• Because the x-axis needs to charge. Total production is to the west.

Thus the net field is upwards as well as to the left.