1. Electric Charges and Fields
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If a small sphere of mass $m$ and charge $q$ is hung from a silk thread at an angle $\theta$ with the surface of a vertical charged conducting plate, then for equilibrium of sphere, the surface charge density of the plate is

A$\varepsilon_0\left(\frac{m g}{q}\right) \tan \theta$
B$\varepsilon_0\left(\frac{2 m g}{q}\right) \tan \theta$
C$\varepsilon_0(m g q) \tan \theta$
D$\varepsilon_0\left(\frac{m g}{3 q}\right) \tan \theta$

Solution

(a)
$\frac{T \sin \theta}{T \cos \theta}=\frac{q \sigma / \varepsilon_0}{m g}$
$\tan \theta=\frac{q \sigma}{\varepsilon_0 m g}$
$\sigma=\frac{\varepsilon_0 m g \tan \theta}{q}$
Standard 12
Physics

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