Electrostatic Equillibrium!

Electricity and Magnetism Level 3

A wheel has mass \(m\) and charges \(+q\) and \(-q\) on diametrically opposite points. It remains in equilibrium on a sufficiently rough inclined plane in the presence of a uniform electric field directed vertically upwards. Find the magnitude of this electric field.

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