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MHT CET 2024 (15 May, Shift 1) · Electric Flux & Gauss's Law

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Electric Flux & Gauss's Law

Consider a long uniformly charged cylinder having constant volume charge density ' λ\lambda ' and radius ' RR '. A Gaussian surface is in the form of a cylinder of radius ' rr ' such that vertical axis of both the cylinders coincide. For a point inside the cylinder (r<R)(r < R), electric field is directly proportional to

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Answer: (b)

  1. Gaussian cylinder of radius r<Rr < R and length ll: E(2πrl)=ρπr2lε0E(2\pi rl) = \frac{\rho\pi r^2l}{\varepsilon_0}.
  2. E=ρr2ε0E = \frac{\rho r}{2\varepsilon_0}, so E∝rE \propto r.
  3. So the answer is (b) rr.
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