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Grade 12th passElectrostatics

A long straight wire having uniform linear charge density X passes through an imaginary cube of edge length a. The maximum electric flux will be.

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8 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of ROSHAN MUJEEB
6 Years ago
Dear Student
Maximum electric flux is when the wire is oriented such that longest part is inside cube. This is in diagonal position . Q= root 3 a * lamda . Therefore flux is Q/epsilon . Hope you got it