Fundamentals of Physics, Volume 1, Chapter 1-20
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Chapter 23, Problem 33P
In Fig. 23-44, two large, thin metal plates are parallel and close to each other. On their inner faces, the plates have excess surface charge densities of opposite signs and magnitude 7.00 × 10−22 C/m2. In unit-vector notation, what is the electric field at points (a) to the left of the plates, (b) to the right of them, and (c) between them?
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