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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 12 - Electric charges and fields
  • JEE Mains 2021
  • Hard
  • MCQ

Find the electric field at point \(P\) (as shown in figure) on the perpendicular bisector of a uniformly charged thin wire of length \(L\) carrying a charge \(Q.\) The distance of the point \(P\) from the centre of the rod is \(a=\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} L\).

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(C) \(\frac{Q}{2 \sqrt{3} \pi \varepsilon_{0} L ^{2}}\)

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\(E =\frac{ k \lambda}{ a }\left(\sin \theta_{1}+\sin \theta_{2}\right)\)

\(E =\frac{1}{4 \pi \varepsilon_{0}} \times \frac{ Q }{ L } \times \frac{1}{\left(\frac{\sqrt{3 L }}{2}\right)} \times(2 \sin \theta)\)

\(\tan \theta=\frac{\frac{ L / 2}{\sqrt{3} L }}{2}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\)

\(sin \theta=\frac{1}{2}\)

\(E =\frac{ Q }{2 \sqrt{3} \pi \varepsilon_{0} L ^{2}}\)

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