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- Bzero
- C
- D
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Correct answer: QUESTION APPEARS AMBIGUOUS / MISPRINTED. IF INTENDED FLUX THROUGH ONE FACE DUE TO CHARGE AT CUBE CENTER, ANSWER IS $\FRAC{Q}{6\VAREPSILON_0}$, WHICH IS NOT AMONG THE OPTIONS.
- Flux through face due to charge at the centre of the cube
A charge is placed at the centre of a cube.
By Gauss's law, total electric flux through the whole cube is
Since the charge is at the centre, by symmetry this flux is equally distributed through the 6 faces.
So flux through face due to the central charge is
- Flux through face due to the second charge
Another same charge is placed at a distance from .
Here the question does not specify the direction of this second charge relative to the cube. Therefore, its contribution to flux through face cannot be uniquely determined from the given information unless some special geometry is intended.
Also, the options given are dimensionally inconsistent: has dimensions of electric field area mismatch, whereas electric flux should have units of So options A, C, D are not dimensionally valid expressions for flux.
- Check the given options
- A: → dimensionally incorrect for flux.
- B: zero
- C: → dimensionally incorrect.
- D: → dimensionally incorrect.
Since the central charge alone gives nonzero flux flux through cannot be zero.
Hence option B is physically not correct either.
- Conclusion
The physically correct flux through face due to the charge at the centre is if only the central charge contributes symmetrically.
Because the position of the second charge is not fully specified, the problem as written is ambiguous. Therefore the stored answer cannot be accepted as correct.
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