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Transcribed Image Text:Thin Sheet of Charge
Find the magnitude and direction of the electric field near the center of a thin rectangular
conducting sheet that is 49 cm by 71 cm and has an excess charge, Q = -53 μC.
E =
N/C and it points ✓---Select--- e plate.
toward
away from
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2. CHARGED SPHERE
A spherical conductor with radius, r = 0.13 m, has a surface charge density of 42.6 nC/m².
(a) Find the excess charge on the sphere.
Q=
nC
(b) What is the strength and direction of the electric field on its surface?
E =
N/C and it points ---Select--- the sphere
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