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Q2) Find the electric field intensity at the point P due to a uniform line charge PL, lying along the X-axis and extending from the (-3) to (+3), where the coordinates of the point P (4,3,5)

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Q2) Find the electric field
intensity at the point P due
to a uniform line charge PL,
lying along the X-axis and
extending from the (-3) to
(+3), where the coordinates
of the point P (4,3,5)

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