Two identical heavy spheres are seperated by distance 10 times their radius. Will an object placed at the mid point of the line joining their centres be in a stable equilibrium or unstable equilibrium ? Give reason for your answer.
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Two identical heavy spheres are seperated by distance 10 times their radius. Will an object placed at the mid point of the line joining their centres be in a stable equilibrium or unstable equilibrium ? Give reason for your answer.
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The force on the object placed at midpoint due to the both spheres is,
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Now considering the object is moving towards right by a distance r.
Now the force acting towards left side sphere is,
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