is placed at the vertex of an imaginary cone, cone-A, as shown in the figure above. Find the magnitude of the electric flux through the curved surface of the other cone, cone-B, sharing its base with cone-A.
A point charge
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The flux through curved surface of cone B is same as the flux through the base, as cone B encloses no charge. Hence required flux is given by:
ϕ E = 2 ϵ 0 2 0 ϵ 0 ( 1 − cos ( ( 7 4 / 2 ) ∘ ) ) ≈ 2 N m 2 / C
Note: The electric flux through a disk due to the E field of a point charge q kept on its axis, such that the cone formed by the point and circumference has half angle θ is given by:
ϕ E = 2 ϵ 0 q ( 1 − cos θ )