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A solid nonconducting sphere of radius R = 6.7 cm has a nonuniform charge distribution of volume charge density ρ = (16.7 pC/m3)r/R, where r is radial distance from the sphere's center. (a) What is the sphere's total charge? What is the magnitude E of the electric field at (b) r = 0, (c) r = R/2.0, and (d) r = R?
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* hint: Did you construct a Gaussian sphere through any given radial point, concentric with the actual sphere? What is the charge enclosed by the Gaussian sphere? (Do you see that with a variable density, integration is required?) Did you then apply Gauss' law to get the field?
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