Five identical plates are connected across a battery as in figure. If the charge on plate $1$ be $+ q$ , then the charges on the plates $2, 3, 4$ and $5$ are:

$- q, + q, - q, + q$
$- q, + 2 q, - 2 q, + q$
none of the above.
$- 2 q, + 2 q, - 2 q, + q$

Question

Five identical plates are connected across a battery as in figure. If the charge on plate $1$ be $+ q$ , then the charges on the plates $2, 3, 4$ and $5$ are:

$- q, + q, - q, + q$
$- q, + 2 q, - 2 q, + q$
none of the above.
$- 2 q, + 2 q, - 2 q, + q$

Toppr Admin · Accepted Answer

The plate 2 is the common plate between 1 and 3 and it is connected to negative end of battery- So its charge should be -x2212-q-q-x2212-2q-Similarly plate 3 is in between 2 and 4 but it is connected to positive end of battery- So its charge -2q and plate 4 is in between 3 and 5 and it is connected to negative end of battery- So its charge should be -x2212-q-q-x2212-2q-Plate 5 is single plate and it is connected to positive end of battery- So its charge -q-xA0-

Five identical plates are connected across a battery as in figure. If the charge on plate 1 be +q, then the charges on the plates 2,3,4 and 5 are:−q,+q,−q,+q−q,+2q,−2q,+qnone of the above.−2q,+2q,−2q,+q

Five identical plates are connected across a battery as in figure. If the charge on plate $1$ be $+ q$ , then the charges on the plates $2, 3, 4$ and $5$ are:

$- q, + q, - q, + q$
$- q, + 2 q, - 2 q, + q$
none of the above.
$- 2 q, + 2 q, - 2 q, + q$