Flux and symmetry

The electric flux through the plane surface (lying completely in x z xz plane) is k q 0 ϵ 0 { k\frac { { q }_{ 0 } }{ { \epsilon }_{ 0 } } } where k is a positive real number. Find k.


The answer is 0.18.

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Ranajay Medya
Feb 28, 2018

The flux through the first one is given by 1 2 ( θ 2 π q 0 ϵ 0 ) = t a n 1 2 2 4 π q 0 ϵ 0 \frac { 1 }{ 2 } \left( \frac { \theta }{ 2\pi } \frac { { q }_{ 0 } }{ { \epsilon }_{ 0 } } \right) =\frac { { tan }^{ -1 }2\sqrt { 2 } }{ 4\pi } \frac { { q }_{ 0 } }{ { \epsilon }_{ 0 } } . The flux through the second one is given by 1 3 ( 1 4 q 0 ϵ 0 ) \frac { 1 }{ 3 } \left( \frac { 1 }{ 4 } \frac { { q }_{ 0 } }{ { \epsilon }_{ 0 } } \right) . Adding both gives the required answer.

I didn't got the first one .Can you please explain?

Sahil Silare - 3 years, 3 months ago

To make the tetrahedron argument, you should point out that the charge is at the centroid of the tetrahedron, so we have full symmetry...

Mark Hennings - 3 years, 2 months ago

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That's pretty obvious

Sahil Silare - 3 years, 2 months ago

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Provided that you know that the vertical height of the tetrahedron is 4 4 , and that the centroid is one quarter of the way up the altitude, yes it is. Since this is meant to be a proof, the fact needs to be stated, nonetheless.

Mark Hennings - 3 years, 2 months ago

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