What is the Electric Field at a Point Surrounded by Infinite Charged Particles?

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There are infinite number of charges each with charge q along a straight line at a distance of 1,2,4,8,16,… … … unit from a point. What is the electric field at this point?
No idea about it.Please help me out.
 
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You have to show some work forum rules do you know equation of electric field and the direction it points in this case ?
 
Akash47 said:
What is the electric field at this point?

It's the sum of the electric fields due to each charge. Since you have an infinite number of charges ...
 
This should be in a homework forum with the template filled out.

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