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A solid sphere of radius 40.0 cm has a total positive charge of 26µC uniformly distributed throughout its volume. Calculate the magnitude of the electric field 40 cm from the centre of the sphere.

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Chapter23: Continuous Charge Distributions And Gauss's Law

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