A uniformly charged semicircular arc of radius ' $r$ ' has linear charge density ' $\lambda$ '. The electric…

A uniformly charged semicircular arc of radius ' $r$ ' has linear charge density ' $\lambda$ '. The electric field at its centre is $\left(\varepsilon_0=\right.$ permittivity of free space)
  1. $\frac{\lambda}{4 \varepsilon_0}$
  2. $\frac{2 \varepsilon_0}{\lambda}$
  3. $\frac{\lambda}{4 \varepsilon_0 r}$
  4. $\frac{2 \pi \varepsilon_0}{\lambda}$

Solution

$\begin{aligned} \lambda & =\frac{\mathrm{q}}{l} \\ \therefore \quad \mathrm{q} & =\lambda \times l=\lambda \times \pi \mathrm{r} \end{aligned}$ $\therefore \quad$ The electric field at its centre is, $\begin{aligned} & \mathrm{E}=\frac{\mathrm{q}}{4 \pi \varepsilon_0 \mathrm{r}^2}=\frac{\lambda \pi \mathrm{r}}{4 \pi \varepsilon_0 \mathrm{r}^2} \\ \therefore \quad & \mathrm{E}=\frac{\lambda}{4 \varepsilon_0 \mathrm{r}} \end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2023 (14 May Shift 1)

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