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@Vanadium 50 I didn't understand what you meant earlier by but now I understand. The link in my last post #8 helped me. Thanks so much! It turns out you were absolutely right!

Thanks for the very informative and well-written post @vanhees71 . Indeed, I liked this problem too because it has a solution that does not strike me immediately but is actually obvious when I gave it some more thought. Also , the owner of the answer that I referenced in my intro post deleted...

I think there are two images and the image for the charge below the conductor is sitting at the position of the charge above the conductor and vice versa.

@Vanadium 50 So the field everywhere is zero?

I came upon this: http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/174514/will-the-electrostatic-force-between-two-charges-change-if-we-place-a-metal-plat/323006#323006 question on Physics Stackexchange which I found very interesting. The configuration is basically two positive point charges q and...