A spherically symmetric charge distribution is characterised by a charge density having the following variations
$\rho (r)\, = \,{\rho _0}\left( {1 - \frac{r}{R}} \right)$ for $r < R$
$\rho (r)\,=\,0$ for $r\, \ge \,R$
Where $r$ is the distance from the centre of the charge distribution $\rho _0$ is a constant. The electric field at an internal point $(r < R)$ is
A spherically symmetric charge distribution is characterised by a charge density having the following variations
$\rho (r)\, = \,{\rho _0}\left( {1 - \frac{r}{R}} \right)$ for $r < R$
$\rho (r)\,=\,0$ for $r\, \ge \,R$
Where $r$ is the distance from the centre of the charge distribution $\rho _0$ is a constant. The electric field at an internal point $(r < R)$ is
- [JEE MAIN 2014]
- A
$\frac{{{\rho _0}}}{{4{\varepsilon _0}}}\left( {\frac{r}{3} - \frac{{{r^2}}}{{4R}}} \right)$
- B
$\frac{{{\rho _0}}}{{{\varepsilon _0}}}\left( {\frac{r}{3} - \frac{{{r^2}}}{{4R}}} \right)$
- C
$\frac{{{\rho _0}}}{{3{\varepsilon _0}}}\left( {\frac{r}{3} - \frac{{{r^2}}}{{4R}}} \right)$
- D
$\frac{{{\rho _0}}}{{12{\varepsilon _0}}}\left( {\frac{r}{3} - \frac{{{r^2}}}{{4R}}} \right)$
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