JEE Advanced2024Paper 2PHY-III
Q.
A charge is kept at the central point of a cylindrical region. The two edges subtend a half-angle at , as shown in the figure. When , then the electric flux through the curved surface of the cylinder is . If , then the electric flux through the curved surface becomes , where the value of is ______.

Correct answer: 3
Solution
The solid angle subtended at by a flat circular cap (the end of a cone of half-angle ) is .
The flux through one flat end of the cylinder is
By symmetry, both flat ends carry the same flux, so the total flux through the two ends is .
Since the total flux through the closed surface is , the flux through the curved side is
For :
For :
Hence .
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