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The electric field due to uniformly charged sphere of radius `R` as a function of the distance from its centre is represented graphically by

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To solve the problem of determining the electric field due to a uniformly charged sphere of radius \( R \) as a function of the distance from its center, we can break it down into two regions: inside the sphere (when the distance \( x < R \)) and outside the sphere (when the distance \( x \geq R \)). ### Step-by-Step Solution: 1. **Understanding the Problem**: - We have a uniformly charged sphere with total charge \( Q \) and radius \( R \). - We need to find the electric field \( E \) at a distance \( x \) from the center of the sphere. 2. **Electric Field Inside the Sphere (\( x < R \))**: - According to Gauss's law, the electric field inside a uniformly charged sphere is given by: \[ E = \frac{Q \cdot x}{4 \pi \epsilon_0 R^3} \] - Here, \( \epsilon_0 \) is the permittivity of free space. - This can be rewritten as: \[ E \propto x \] - This indicates that the electric field inside the sphere increases linearly with distance from the center. 3. **Electric Field Outside the Sphere (\( x \geq R \))**: - For points outside the sphere, the electric field behaves as if all the charge were concentrated at the center of the sphere. Thus, the electric field is given by: \[ E = \frac{Q}{4 \pi \epsilon_0 x^2} \] - This can be rewritten as: \[ E \propto \frac{1}{x^2} \] - This indicates that the electric field decreases with the square of the distance from the center. 4. **Graphical Representation**: - For \( x < R \), the electric field \( E \) increases linearly, which can be represented as a straight line starting from the origin (0,0). - For \( x \geq R \), the electric field \( E \) decreases as \( \frac{1}{x^2} \), which creates a curve that approaches the x-axis but never touches it as \( x \) tends to infinity. 5. **Conclusion**: - The graph of the electric field \( E \) as a function of distance \( x \) from the center of the sphere will show a straight line for \( 0 < x < R \) and a curve for \( x \geq R \) that approaches zero as \( x \) increases. ### Final Answer: The correct graphical representation of the electric field due to a uniformly charged sphere of radius \( R \) as a function of the distance from its center is option B.

To solve the problem of determining the electric field due to a uniformly charged sphere of radius \( R \) as a function of the distance from its center, we can break it down into two regions: inside the sphere (when the distance \( x < R \)) and outside the sphere (when the distance \( x \geq R \)). ### Step-by-Step Solution: 1. **Understanding the Problem**: - We have a uniformly charged sphere with total charge \( Q \) and radius \( R \). - We need to find the electric field \( E \) at a distance \( x \) from the center of the sphere. ...
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