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In this problem, a very long metallic rod with a uniform circular cross section of radius 0.35 mm has a constant charge per unit length of 1.5x10^-8 C/m.
A) Determine the electric field at a distance 0.20 mm from the longitudinal axis of the rod. (Possible answer: 0, 1.3 x 10^6 N/C, 1.8 x 10^6 N/C, 6.7 x 10^5 N/C, 7.7 x 10^5 N/C)
B) Determine the electric field at a distance 0.50 mm from the longitudinal axis of the rod. (Possible answer: 0, 1.8 x 10^6 N/C, 7.7 x 10^5 N/C, 5.4 x 10^5 N/C, 3.2 x 10^5 N/C)
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