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Question
Consider two identical point charges located at points (0, 0) and (a, 0).
Is there a point on the line joining them at which the electric potential is zero?
Solution
Potential can never be zero, not ever. Given that it is a scalar amount and added everywhere. It is therefore never zero.
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