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The total charge enclosed in an incremental volume of 2 10 9 m3 located at the origin is nC, if electric flux density of its field is found as D = e x sin y e x cos y + 2z C/m2
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- Use Gauss's law in differential form
For electric flux density ,
where is the volume charge density.
Given,
- Compute the divergence
Here,
Now,
So,
Thus,
- Find charge in the given incremental volume
Given volume,
Hence enclosed charge,
- Convert to nC
Since ,
- Final answer
The derived answer matches the stored correct answer.
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