Three charges, each $+ q,$ are placed at the corners of an isosceles triangle $ABC$ of sides $BC$ and $AC,\ 2a,\ D$ and $E$ are the mid points of $BC$ and $CA.$ The work done in taking a charge $Q$ from $D$ to $E$ is [image:1_image77.emf]

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$AC = BC$
$V_{D} = V_{E}$
$W = Q(V_{E} - V_{D})$
$W = 0$

Q. Three charges, each $+ q,$ are placed at the corners of an isosceles triangle $ABC$ of sides $BC$ and $AC,\ 2a,\ D$ and $E$ are the mid points of $BC$ and $CA.$ The work done in taking a charge $Q$ from $D$ to $E$ is

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