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Grade 12Electrostatics

Find force experienced by semicircular rod charged with charge q , placed as shown in fig. Radius of wire is R and line of charge with linear charge density lambda passing through centre and perpendicular to plane of wire

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Profile image of Shubham Gayakwad
9 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Matrix 144
8 Years ago
2klamba/r×q now as we have calculated the force experienced by a full circle of 2π divide it by π therefore the answer will be 2klamba/rπ×q
Profile image of shubham singh
8 Years ago
Answer of this question is lamda /4€R
Profile image of Albin Thomas
8 Years ago
(Lamdaq)/(π^2E°R)
thanks
Profile image of ankit singh
5 Years ago

Fnet=dqEcosθ
=π/2π/2(πRq)Rdθ2πεRλcosθ
=2π2ε0Rλqπ/2π/2cosθdθ=2π2ε0Rλq[sinθ]π/2π/2
=2π2ε0Rλq[1(1)]=π2ε0Rλq