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A charged ball B hangs from a silk thread S, which makes an angle θ with a large charged conducting sheet P, as shown in the figure. The surface charge density σ of the sheet is proportional to



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sin θ
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tan θ
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cos θ
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cot θ
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Solution

The correct option is B tan θ

Balancing the forces in the horizontal direction we get,
T sin θ=qE..............(i)
and in the vertical direction we get,

T cos θ=mg.............(ii)

Dividing (i) by (ii) we get,
tan θ=qEmg=qmg(σ2πϵ0)

Since electric field due to a large charged conducting sheet is σ2πϵ0.
σ tan θ.


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