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A very long, solid insulating cylinder has radius R; bored along its entire length is a cylindrical hole with radius a. The axis of the hole is a distance b from the axis of the cylinder, where a < b < R (Fig. P22.58). The solid material of the cylinder has a uniform volume charge density ρ. Find the magnitude and direction of the electric field
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