Compute for the potential at the origin if the potential at M(1, -3, 6) is -78 volts in a region in vacuum where the electric field is due to a uniform infinite sheet charge of density -5 nanocoulombs per square meter at the plane y = -5. All coordinates are measured in meters.

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Compute for the potential at the origin if the potential at M(1, -3, 6) is -78 volts in a region in vacuum where the electric field is due to a uniform infinite sheet charge of density -5 nanocoulombs per square meter at the plane y = -5. All coordinates are measured in meters. 

a.) 847.0748 volts

b.) 1.0980 kilovolts

c.) 911.5612 volts

d.) 769.0748 volts

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