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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 12 - Electric potential and capacitance
  • JEE Mains 2023
  • Hard
  • Numerical

Three concentric spherical metallic shells \(X , Y\) and \(Z\) of radius \(a , b\) and c respectively \([ a < b < c ]\) have surface charge densities \(\sigma,-\sigma\) and \(\sigma\), respectively. The shells \(X\) and \(Z\) are at same potential. If the radii of \(X\) and \(Y\) are \(2\,cm\) and \(3\,cm\), respectively.The radius of shell \(Z\) is \(......cm\).

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(D) \(5\)

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\(q _{ x }=\sigma 4 \pi a ^2\)

\(q _{ y }=-\sigma 4 \pi b ^2\)

\(q _{ z }=\sigma 4 \pi c ^2\)

Potential \(x =\) potential \(z\)

\(V _{ x }= V _{ z }\)

\(\frac{ q _{ x }}{4 \pi \varepsilon_0 a }+\frac{ q _{ y }}{4 \pi \varepsilon_0 b }+\frac{ q _{ z }}{4 \pi \varepsilon_0 c }=\frac{ q _{ x }}{4 \pi \varepsilon_0 c }+\frac{ q _{ y }}{4 \pi \varepsilon_0 c }+\frac{ q _{ z }}{4 \pi \varepsilon_0 c }\)

\(\frac{\sigma 4 \pi a ^2}{ a }-\frac{\sigma 4 \pi b ^2}{ b }+\frac{\sigma 4 \pi c ^2}{ c }=\frac{4 \pi \sigma\left[ a ^2- b ^2+ c ^2\right]}{ c }\)

\(c ( a - b + c )= a ^2- b ^2+ c ^2\)

\(c ( a - b )= a ^2- b ^2\)

\(c = a + b\)

\(c =5\,cm\)

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