A thin uniformly charged disc can be imagined as a
A
discrete collection of concentric rings
B
continuous collection of concentric rings
C
discrete collection of chords
D
continuous collection of chords
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Correct option is B)
A thin uniformly charged disc can be assumed to be made of continuous collection of concentric rings. Electric field at a point is then calculated due to any one such ring and then it is integrated over all the rings to find the electric field due to whole charged disc.