Acircular ring of charge with radius b has total charge q uniformly distributed around it.
what is the magnitude of the electric field at the center of the ring?

a) 0
b) kₑq/b²
c) kₑq²/b²
d) kₑq²/b
e) none of these

Option A is correct (0) ( The electric field at the center of circular charged ring is zero)

Explanation:

Option A is correct (0) ( The electric field at the center of circular charged ring is zero)

The reason why electric field at the center of circular charged ring is zero because the fields at the center of the circular ring due to any point are cancelled by electric fields of another point which is at 180 degree to that point i.e opposite to that charge.

a) 0

The electric field from opposite directions at the centre of the circular ring cancel each other out and give a resultant of zero

Explanation:

Given that the ring is perfectly circular with radius b which has a uniform distributed charge q around it.

The electric field experienced at the centre of the ring from opposite directions are given as

E1 = kₑq/b²

E2 = -kₑq/b²

It experience the two electric field E1 and E2 from opposite directions at the centre. So the resultant electric field is given by:

E = E1 + E2

E = kₑq/b² - kₑq/b²

E = 0

The electric field from opposite directions at the centre of the circular ring cancel each other out and give a resultant of zero

i had this question and the answer was 3.15 miles.

martina travels from school to her mom's office. from there, she walks to school. after school, she walks to the library and then to a friends house before finally ending back at home. find martina's total distance traveled.

a) 0 miles  

b) 0.4 miles  

c) 1 mile  

d) 3.15 miles