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A charged ball `B` hangs from a silk thread `S`, which makes an angle `theta` with a large charged conducting sheet `P`, as shown in the figure. The surface charge density `sigma` of the sheet is proportional to

A

`sintheta`

B

`tantheta`

C

`costheta`

D

`cot theta`

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The correct Answer is:
B
`tantheta=(qE)/(mg)`
`=(q)/(mg)((sigma)/(2epsilon_(0)))`
`sigmaproptantheta`.
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