Consider the region between \(x=-\infty\) and \(x=0\)
The electric field due to \(+8 \mathrm{q}\) is towards left and that due to \(-2 \mathrm{q}\) is towards right.
Electric field at a general point \(x=d(<0)\) is \(E=\frac{1}{4 \pi \epsilon_{0}}\left(-\frac{8 q}{d^{2}}+\frac{2 q}{(L-d)^{2}}\right)\)
If \(\mathrm{E}=0,\)
Then \(\frac{8 \mathrm{q}}{\mathrm{d}^{2}}=\frac{2 \mathrm{q}}{(\mathrm{L}-\mathrm{d})^{2}}\)
\(\Rightarrow \frac{\mathrm{d}^{2}}{(\mathrm{~L}-\mathrm{d})^{2}}=4\)
But, if \(\mathrm{d}<0,\) then \(|\mathrm{d}|<|\mathrm{L}-\mathrm{d}| \), no solution exists.
Consider the region between \(x=0\) and \(x=\mathrm{L}\)
The electric field due to \(+8 \mathrm{q}\) is towards right, and that due to \(-2 \mathrm{q}\) is towards right.
Hence, there is no point in \((0, \mathrm{~L})\) with zero electric field.
Consider the region between \(x=L\) and \(x=+\infty\)
The electric field due to \(+8 \mathrm{q}\) is towards right and \(-2 \mathrm{q}\) is towards left.
Electric field at a general point \(x=d(>L)\) is given by,
\(E=\frac{1}{4 \pi \epsilon_{0}}\left(+\frac{8 q}{d^{2}}-\frac{2 q}{(d-L)^{2}}\right)\)
If \(\mathrm{E}=0,\)
Then \(\frac{8 \mathrm{q}}{\mathrm{d}^{2}}=\frac{2 \mathrm{q}}{(\mathrm{d}-\mathrm{L})^{2}}\)
\( \Rightarrow \frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}-\mathrm{L}}=\pm 2\)
\(\Rightarrow \mathrm{d}=2 \mathrm{~L}\)
\(\Rightarrow \mathrm{d}=2\frac{\mathrm{~L}}{3}\)
But, \(\mathrm{d}>\mathrm{L}\)
\(\mathrm{d}=2 \mathrm{~L}\)
Therefore, at \(x=2 L\), the net electric field is zero.