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Transcribed Image Text:Chapter 23, Problem 051
In the figure a nonconducting spherical shell of inner radius a = 2.32 cm and outer radius b = 2.62 cm has(within its thickness) a positive volume charge density ρ
A/r, where A is a constant and r is the distance from the center of the shell. In addition, a small ball of charge q = 45.7 fc is located at that center, what value should A
have if the electric field in the shell (a <rs b) is to be uniform?
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the tolerance is +/-2%
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