Consider a uniformly charged ring of radius R and charge +Q. What is the mag- nitude of the electric field outside the ring, a distance r from the center (in the same plane as the plane of the ring, as shown below)? R E=? (a) E = kQ/r² (b) E = kQ/R² %3D (c) E = 0 (d) E > 0, but the expression is more com- plicated than kQ/r².

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Consider a uniformly charged ring
of radius R and charge +Q. What is the mag-
nitude of the electric field outside the ring, a
distance r from the center (in the same plane
as the plane of the ring, as shown below)?
1.
R
E =?
(a) E = kQ/r2
(b) E = kQ/R?
(c) E = 0
(d) E > 0, but the expression is more com-
plicated than kQ/r?.
Transcribed Image Text:Consider a uniformly charged ring of radius R and charge +Q. What is the mag- nitude of the electric field outside the ring, a distance r from the center (in the same plane as the plane of the ring, as shown below)? 1. R E =? (a) E = kQ/r2 (b) E = kQ/R? (c) E = 0 (d) E > 0, but the expression is more com- plicated than kQ/r?.
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