NEET-XII-Physics
01: Electric Charges And Fields
- #18A point charge +10 μC is a distance 5 cm directly above the centre of a square of side 10 cm, as shown in Fig. 1.34. What is the magnitude of the electric flux through the square? (Hint: Think of the square as one face of a cube with edge 10 cm.)
Ans : The square can be considered as one face of a cube of edge 10 cm with a centre where charge q is placed. According to Gauss’s theorem for a cube, total electric flux is through all its six faces.
Hence, electric flux through one face of the cube i.e., through the square,
Where,
`` \epsilon``0 = Permittivity of free space
= 8.854 × 10-12 N-1C2 m-2
q = 10 μC = 10 × 10-6 C
∴
= 1.88 × 105 N m2 C-1
Therefore, electric flux through the square is 1.88 × 105 N m2 C-1.