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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 12 - 1. Electric charges and fields

A spherically symmetric charge distribution is characterised by a charge density having the following variations \(\rho (r)\, = \,{\rho _0}\left( {1 - \frac{r}{R}} \right)\) for \(r < R\) \(\rho (r)\,=\,0\) for \(r\, \ge \,R\) Where \(r\) is the distance from the centre of the charge distribution \(\rho _0\) is a constant. The electric field at an internal point \((r < R)\) is

  1. A \(\frac{{{\rho _0}}}{{4{\varepsilon _0}}}\left( {\frac{r}{3} - \frac{{{r^2}}}{{4R}}} \right)\)
  2. B \(\frac{{{\rho _0}}}{{{\varepsilon _0}}}\left( {\frac{r}{3} - \frac{{{r^2}}}{{4R}}} \right)\)
  3. C \(\frac{{{\rho _0}}}{{3{\varepsilon _0}}}\left( {\frac{r}{3} - \frac{{{r^2}}}{{4R}}} \right)\)
  4. D \(\frac{{{\rho _0}}}{{12{\varepsilon _0}}}\left( {\frac{r}{3} - \frac{{{r^2}}}{{4R}}} \right)\)
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(B) \(\frac{{{\rho _0}}}{{{\varepsilon _0}}}\left( {\frac{r}{3} - \frac{{{r^2}}}{{4R}}} \right)\)

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Let us consider a spherical shell of radius \(x\) and thickness \(dx.\) Charge on this shell \(\mathrm{dq}=\rho 4 \pi \mathrm{x}^{2} \mathrm{dx}=\rho_{0}\left(1-\frac{\mathrm{x}}{\mathrm{R}}\right) .4 \pi \mathrm{x}^{2} \mathrm{dx}\) \(\therefore\) Total charge in the spherical…
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