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Transcribed Image Text:In the figure a "semi-infinite” nonconducting rod (that is, infinite in one direction only) has uniform linear charge density λ = 3.33 μC/m.
Find (including sign) (a) the component of electric field parallel to the rod and (b) the component perpendicular to the rod at point P (R
= 36.0 m).
(a) Number i 832.5
(b) Number i 832.5
R
Units
Units
N/C or V/m
N/C or V/m
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