How Does Gauss's Law Relate R and b When Flux Through a Disk is One Fourth?

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A point charge Q is located on the axis of a disk of radius R at a distance b from the plane of the disk (Fig. below left). Show that if one fourth of the electric flux from the charge passes through the disk, then R = sqrt(3)b.

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