A point charge is placed at a distance from a infinite conducting sheet. The Work done in remove this charge from very far from sheet is given by
Where are coprime positive integers.
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Work done d W = q E d l
d W = q 2 ϵ 0 σ d l
σ = 4 π r 2 Q
W = ∫ 0 W d W = ∫ l ∞ q × 2 × 4 π ϵ 0 ( 2 l ) 2 q d l = 2 × 4 π ϵ 0 × 2 q 2 ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ − l 1 ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ l ∞ = 1 6 π ϵ 0 q 2 ( l 1 − ∞ 1 ) = 1 6 1 π ϵ 0 l q 2
Therefore, a + b = 1 + 1 6 = 1 7
Is my solution even appropriate? Please let me know