Chapter5: Electric Charges And Fields
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 23CQ: When measuring an electlic field, could we use a negative rather than a positive test charge?
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A uniformly charge rod of length L and total charge Q lies along the x axis as show in the figure below. (Use the following a necessary: Q,L,d, and ke)
a) Find the components of the electric field at the point P on the y axis a distance d from the origin
b) What are the approximate values of the field components when d>>L?
Explain why you would get these results
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