Question
1.18: A
point charge +10 μC is a distance 5 cm directly above the centre of a square of
side 10 cm, as shown in Fig. 1.34. What is the magnitude of the electric flux
through the square? (Hint: Think of the square as
one face of a cube with edge 10 cm.)
Answer :
The square can be considered as one face of a cube of edge 10 cm with a
centre where charge q is placed.
According to Gauss’s theorem for a cube, total electric flux is through all its
six faces.
Hence, electric flux through one face of the cube i.e., through the
square, 
Where,
∈0 = Permittivity of free space
= 8.854 × 10−12 N−1C2 m−2
q = 10 μC = 10
× 10−6 C
∴
= 1.88 × 105 N m2 C−1
Therefore, electric flux through the square is 1.88 × 105 N m2 C−1.
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