JEE Main 2009 — Electrostatics Question with Solution
From: AIEEE 2009
Question
Let be the change density distribution for a solid sphere of radius and total charge . For a point inside the sphere at distance from the center of the sphere, the magnitude of electric field is :
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Correct answer
B
Step-by-step explanation
Let us consider a spherical shell of thickness and radius The volume of this spherical shell
The charge enclosed within shell
The charge enclosed in a sphere of radius is
The electric field at point inside the sphere at a distance from the center of the sphere is
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