6. In the xy plane is a thin square conducting plate of side 50 cm. The plate is charged with a total charge of 4x10-8 C. Find A) the charge density on each side of the plate (top and bottom plate surface), B) the electric field just above the plate (at a distance from the plate much smaller than the plate dimensions), and C) the electric field just below the plate. You can consider that the charge density is everywhere uniform.

6. In the xy plane is a thin square conducting plate of side 50 cm. The plate is charged with a total charge of 4x10-8 C. Find A) the charge density on each side of the plate (top and bottom plate surface), B) the electric field just above the plate (at a distance from the plate much smaller than the plate dimensions), and C) the electric field just below the plate. You can consider that the charge density is everywhere uniform.

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charge of 4x10-8 C. Find
A) the charge density on each side of the plate (top and bottom plate surface),
B) the electric field just above the plate (at a distance from the plate much smaller than the plate
dimensions), and
C) the electric field just below the plate. You can consider that the charge density is everywhere
uniform.

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