JEE Main 2023PhysicsElectrostaticsElectric Field And Electric Field IntensitymediumNumerical

JEE Main 2023Electrostatics Question with Solution

From: JEE Main 2023 (Online) 13th April Morning Shift

Question

A thin infinite sheet charge and an infinite line charge of respective charge densities and are placed parallel at distance from each other. Points 'P' and 'Q' are at m and m perpendicular distances from line charge towards sheet charge, respectively. '' and '' are the magnitudes of resultant electric field intensities at point 'P' and 'Q', respectively. If for , then the value of is ___________.

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Correct answer
4

Step-by-step explanation

With the given equations:





Now we can find the ratio of to :



As given in the question, , and since , we can say = .

So, the value of is .

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