Consider a solid cube of uniform volume charge density. If V is electrostatic potential at one of the corners of cube then the potential at the centre of cube is
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a
V
b
8V
c
4V
d
2V
answer is D.
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Detailed Solution
Let ρ is the charge density and l is the edge length of cube. We know that potential at any point has to be proportional to charge and inversely proportional to side length of cube soV∝Ql=ρl3l=ρl2 Now, to find potential at centre, the cube of edge length l can be considered as 8 cubes of length l/2 so the potential at centre of original can be obtained as sum of potentials due to 8 cubes (of length l/2 ) at the cornersVcentre∝8×ρl22=8ρl24=2ρl2 ∴VcentreV=2ρl2ρl2=2 ⇒Vcentre=2V