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Grade 12Electrostatics

the electric field on two sides of a thin sheet of charge is shown in the figure. the surface charge density on the sheet is?

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Profile image of Gaurav Rajhans
7 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Soumya
7 Years ago
See the net internal field. Since it is 4V/m 
Therefore by using formula( sigma/E0=E)
Hence we get the asked charge density(sigma) as:
(12-8)×E0= 4E0