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The potential due to an electrostatic charge distribution is where is positive. The net charge within a sphere centred at the origin and of radius is
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Electric field due to given charge distribution is
Electric field at is
Flux through a sphere of radius is
For spherical distribution,
and uniform.
So, we have
or
From Gauss' law, we have
So, charge enclosed in given sphere is
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