Activity 1 – Application of Electric Flux and Gauss’s Law Solve the following word problems. Show complete solutions to your answers. 2. A long straight wire has a charge per unit length of 3.00 x 10 -12 C/m. At what distance from the wire is the electric field equal to 600 N/C

Activity 1 – Application of Electric Flux and Gauss’s Law Solve the following word problems. Show complete solutions to your answers. 2. A long straight wire has a charge per unit length of 3.00 x 10 -12 C/m. At what distance from the wire is the electric field equal to 600 N/C

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