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The number of electric field lines emerging out from a +1 C charge is ...... (ε₀=8.85×10⁻¹² C² N⁻¹ m⁻²)

Asked in RS Academy GUJCET booklet · Gauss's law and enclosed charge

Answer: (3) 1.13×10¹¹

Step-by-step solution

Given: q=+1 C; ε₀=8.85×10⁻¹² C² N⁻¹ m⁻².

Idea: the number of field lines leaving a charge is taken equal to the flux through a closed surface around it, and by Gauss's law that flux is q/(ε₀).

N=1/(8.85×10⁻¹²)

N=1.13×10¹¹

So 1.13×10¹¹ lines emerge from a 1 C charge.

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