A straight, nonconducting plastic wire 8.50 cmcm long carries a charge density of 125 nC/mnC/m distributed uniformly along its length. It is lying on a horizontal tabletop. Find the magnitude and direction of the electric field this wire produces at a point 4.50 cmcm directly above its midpoint. If the wire is now bent into a circle lying flat on the table, find the magnitude and direction of the electric field it produces at a point 4.50 cmcm directly above its center.

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A straight, nonconducting plastic wire 8.50 cmcm long carries a charge density of 125 nC/mnC/m distributed uniformly along its length. It is lying on a horizontal tabletop.

Find the magnitude and direction of the electric field this wire produces at a point 4.50 cmcm directly above its midpoint.

If the wire is now bent into a circle lying flat on the table, find the magnitude and direction of the electric field it produces at a point 4.50 cmcm directly above its center.

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