To find the electric field of a line of charge, a ring of charge, and a disk of charge, we used the same general procedure: cutting the object up into infinitesimal pieces, finding the field of each piece, and adding all these fields together. This is a very powerful process used throughout physics. What is it called? Binomial approximation Superposition Differentiation Limiting cases

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To find the electric field of a line of charge, a ring of charge, and a disk of charge, we used the same general procedure: cutting the object up into infinitesimal pieces, finding the field of each piece, and adding all these fields together. This is a very powerful process used throughout physics. What is it called?


Binomial approximation
Superposition
Differentiation
Limiting cases 

 

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