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A thin plastic rod of length d = 1.3 m lies along the x-axis with its midpoint at the origin. The rod carries a uniform charge density of λ = 9.5 nC/m. The point P is located along the y-axis at (0,y = 55 cm).
Calculate the electric potential at P, in volts.
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