Physics · Electrostatics

JEE Main 2024 — 4 April, Shift 1 — Question 49

An infinite plane sheet of charge having uniform surface charge density +σsC/m2+\sigma_{\mathrm{s}} \mathrm{C} / \mathrm{m}^{2} is placed on x−y\mathrm{x}-\mathrm{y} plane. Another infinitely long line charge having uniform linear charge density +λeC/m+\lambda_{\mathrm{e}} \mathrm{C} / \mathrm{m} is placed at z=4 m\mathrm{z}=4 \mathrm{~m} plane and parallel to y -axis. If the magnitude values ∣σs∣=2∣λe∣\left|\sigma_{s}\right|=2\left|\lambda_{e}\right| then at point (0,0,2)(0,0,2), the ratio of magnitudes of electric field values due to sheet charge to that of line charge is πn:1\pi \sqrt{\mathrm{n}}: 1. The value of nn is \qquad .

Answer: 16

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Step-by-step solution

ESEℓ=σ2ϵ0×2πϵ0rλ\frac{\mathrm{E}_{\mathrm{S}}}{\mathrm{E}_{\ell}}=\frac{\sigma}{2 \epsilon_{0}} \times \frac{2 \pi \epsilon_{0} \mathrm{r}}{\lambda} =π×σrλ=\frac{\pi \times \sigma r}{\lambda} =π×2λ×2λ=4π1=\frac{\pi \times 2 \lambda \times 2}{\lambda}=\frac{4 \pi}{1} ∴n=16\therefore \mathrm{n}=16

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Exam
JEE Main 2024
Subject
Physics
Chapter
Electrostatics
Topic
Electrostatic Field & motion of charge
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