JEE Advanced 2026 Physics question

PhysicsElectrostatic Potential and CapacitanceJEE Advanced 2026

Two charges and are placed at the points and , respectively, in the plane, where and . If is the potential at a point in the plane due to charge and is the potential at that point due to charge . Correct statement(s) for the points at which is/are:

Answer: (A),(B),(C)

Solution

With and the distances of the field point from and ,

||=||\ \ =\ \ =|m| .

This is an Apollonius condition: a straight line when and a circle otherwise. **(A) :** and , so the locus is

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