4. Suppose that we have an insulating wire with the outside layer of radius b being non-conductive. The inner wire of radius a is conductive and has a uniform charge distribution of a. Determine then the electric field when (a) r < a (b) a b

4. Suppose that we have an insulating wire with the outside layer of radius b being non-conductive. The inner wire of radius a is conductive and has a uniform charge distribution of a. Determine then the electric field when (a) r < a (b) a b

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4. Suppose that we have an insulating wire with the outside layer of radius
b being non-conductive. The inner wire of radius a is conductive and has a
uniform charge distribution of a. Determine then the electric field when
(a) r< a
(b) a<r<b
(c) r >b

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