A point charge +10 \mu C is at a distance 5 cm directly above the centre of a square of side 10 cm, as shown in the figure. What is the magnitude of the electric flux through the square?
3.18 × 10⁵ Nm²C⁻¹
2.10 × 10⁵ Nm²C⁻¹
1.03 × 10⁵ Nm²C⁻¹
1.88 × 10⁵ Nm²C⁻¹
To find the flux through the square, imagine the square as one face of a cube with side length 10 cm. Since the charge is 5 cm above the center of the square, it is located exactly at the center of this imaginary cube. According to Gauss's Law, the total flux through the cube is . Due to symmetry, the flux through one face (the square) is of the total flux.
Calculation:
. (See NCERT Physics Class 12, Exercise 1.18).
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