Essential University Physics
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ISBN: 9780134988566
Author: Wolfson, Richard
Publisher: Pearson Education,
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Chapter 21, Problem 55P
A long, thin wire carrying 5.6 nC/m runs down the center of a long, thin-walled, pipe with radius 1.0 cm carrying −4.2 nC/m spread uniformly over its surface. Find the electric field (a) 0.50 cm from the wire and (b) 1.5 cm from the wire.
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