1) You have a thin straight wire of charge and a solid sphere of charge. The amount of charge on each object is 8 mC and it is uniformly spread over each object. The length of the wire and the diameter of the sphere are both 13 cm. (a) Find the amount of charge on 3.5 cm of the wire. (b) For the sphere, how much charge is located within a radius of 3.5 cm from its center? 13 cm O

1) You have a thin straight wire of charge and a solid sphere of charge. The amount of charge on each object is 8 mC and it is uniformly spread over each object. The length of the wire and the diameter of the sphere are both 13 cm. (a) Find the amount of charge on 3.5 cm of the wire. (b) For the sphere, how much charge is located within a radius of 3.5 cm from its center? 13 cm O

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Chapter6: Gauss's Law

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