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A cone made of insulating material has a total charge spread uniformly over its sloping surface having a slant length . The energy required to take a test charge from infinity to apex of the cone will be

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= Slant height
= Charge on the elementary ring
... (1)
By similarity of triangles :
... (2)
By (1) and (2) we get
the electric potential at A due to ring is
Total potential at A is
Work done to shift a charge q from infinity to point is =
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