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Positive charge Q is distributed uniformly along a rod of length L that lies along the x-axis from x=L to x=2L.
(a) How much charge is contained within a segment of the rod of length dx?
Express your answer in terms of the variables Q, L, and dx.
(b) Integrate to find the total electric potential at the origin (x=0) due to the rod.
Express your answer in terms of the electric constant ϵ0 and variables Q, L.
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