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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 ______.

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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