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Question : 10
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Give a uniform electric field
= 5 × 10 3
N/C find the flux of this field through a square of 10 cm on a side whose plane is parallel to the YZ plane. What would be the flux through the same square if the plane makes a 30 ∘ angle with the X -axis?
Solution:
(a) The plane of the square is parallel to the y − z plane. Hence, angle between the unit vector normal to the plane and electric field, θ = 0 ∘
Flux (Φ ) through the plane is given by the relation,
Φ = |
| A cos θ
= 5 × 10 3 × 0.01 × cos 0 ∘
= 50 N m 2 ∕ C
(b) Plane makes an angle of30 ∘ with the x -axis. Hence, angle between the unit vector normal to the plane and electric field, θ = 60 ∘
Flux,Φ = |
| A cos θ
= 5 × 10 3 × 0.01 × cos 60 ∘
= 25 N m 2 ∕ C
Flux (
(b) Plane makes an angle of
Flux,
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