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Given Electric field in a region is spherical symmetricE(r) = ar2 erwhere, a is constant.

Imagine that in a region in space you detect a spherical symmetric electric field that increases quadratically with the distance from the center, E (r) = a · r² · er, where a is a constant. How is the the charge distributed in that region, i.e. find p (r).

Imagine that in a region in space you detect a spherical symmetric electric field that increases quadratically with the distance from the center, E (r) = a · r² · er, where a is a constant. How is the the charge distributed in that region, i.e. find p (r).

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increases linearly radially outward
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uniform

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