Consider a thin, spherical shell of radius 12.0 cm with a surface charge density OF 0.150 mC/m) distributed uniformly on its surface. Find the electric field a) 7.0 cm and b) 17.0 cm from the center of the charge distribution.

Consider a thin, spherical shell of radius 12.0 cm with a surface charge density OF 0.150 mC/m) distributed uniformly on its surface. Find the electric field a) 7.0 cm and b) 17.0 cm from the center of the charge distribution.

Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections

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Chapter25: Gauss’s Law

Section25.2: Flux

Problem 25.3CE

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a) 7.0 cm
and
b)
17.0 cm from the center of the charge distribution.

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