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Science Bowl Question

📅 NSB 2012🎓 HS🔄 Round 5#️⃣ Q23❓ TOSS-UP📝 Multiple Choice

A massless, rigid, insulating rod of length R is attached at one end to a wall by a hinge so that it is free to swing vertically. The other end of the rod is attached to a sphere of mass m with charge -Q. If the rod and sphere are released in a horizontal position, which of the following electric fields is required to maintain the horizontal position of the rod?

W) mg/Q, down
X) mg/Q, up
Y) mgQ/R, down
Z) mgR/Q, up
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