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QJEEM23Ph151a: JEE Main 2023 Physics - Class 12 JEEM23Ph151a Solution: A capacitor of capacitance is charged to a potential V. The…
A capacitor of capacitance is charged to a potential V. The flux of the electric field through a closed surface enclosing the positive plate of the capacitor is :
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The electric field inside a parallel plate capacitor is uniform and given by where is the separation between the plates.
The electric flux through a closed surface enclosing only the positive plate of the capacitor is given by .
Since the electric field is perpendicular to the surface of the plate, the flux through the surface will be constant and given by , where is the area of the plate.
The area of the positive plate is , where is the charge on the positive plate. Therefore, the electric flux through the surface is given by:
Thus, the answer is .