At what distance along the central axis of a uniformly charged plastic disk of radius R = 0.314 m is the magnitude of the electric field equal to 1/6 times the magnitude of the field at the center of the surface of the disk?

At what distance along the central axis of a uniformly charged plastic disk of radius R = 0.314 m is the magnitude of the electric field equal to 1/6 times the magnitude of the field at the center of the surface of the disk?

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Chapter25: Gauss’s Law

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