A charged ball B hangs from a silk thread S, which makes an angle with a large charged conducting sheet P, as shown in the figure. The surface charge density of the sheet is proportional to (a) sine (b) tane P + + + + + + + + + +0 S B

A charged ball B hangs from a silk thread S, which makes an angle with a large charged conducting sheet P, as shown in the figure. The surface charge density of the sheet is proportional to (a) sine (b) tane P + + + + + + + + + +0 S B

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A charged ball B hangs
from a silk thread S, which
makes an angle with a
large charged conducting
sheet P, as shown in the
figure. The surface charge
density of the sheet is
proportional to
(a) sine
(b) tane
P
+++++
D
+ + + +
S
B

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