Consider a solid insulating sphere of radius $R$ with charge density varying as $\rho = \rho_0r^2$  ($\rho_0$  is a constant and r is measure from centre).Consider two points $A$ and $B$ at distance $x$ and $y$ respectively ($x < R, y > R$) from the centre. If magnitudes of electric fields at points $A$ and $B$ are equal, then

  • A

    $x^2y = R^3 $

  • B

    $x^3y^2 = R^5 $

  • C

    $x^2y^3 = R^5 $

  • D

    $\frac{x^4}{y} = R^5 $

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$\left( E _{2}- E _{1}\right) \cdot \hat{ n }=\frac{\sigma}{\varepsilon_{0}}$

where $\hat{ n }$ is a unit vector normal to the surface at a point and $\sigma$ is the surface charge density at that point. (The direction of $\hat { n }$ is from side $1$ to side $2 .$ ) Hence, show that just outside a conductor, the electric field is $\sigma \hat{ n } / \varepsilon_{0}$

$(b)$ Show that the tangential component of electrostatic field is continuous from one side of a charged surface to another.

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