A charged nonconducting rod, with a length of 3.52 m and a cross-sectional area of 5.94 cm2, lies along the positive side of an x axis with one end at the origin. The volume charge density p is charge per unit volume in coulombs per cubic meter. How many excess electrons are on the rod if p is (a) uniform, with a value of -2.46 µC/m3, and (b) nonuniform, with a value given by p = bx², where b = -2.26 µC/m5? (a) Number Units (b) Number Units

A charged nonconducting rod, with a length of 3.52 m and a cross-sectional area of 5.94 cm2, lies along the positive side of an x axis with one end at the origin. The volume charge density p is charge per unit volume in coulombs per cubic meter. How many excess electrons are on the rod if p is (a) uniform, with a value of -2.46 µC/m3, and (b) nonuniform, with a value given by p = bx², where b = -2.26 µC/m5? (a) Number Units (b) Number Units

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A charged nonconducting rod, with a length of 3.52 m and a cross-sectional area of 5.94 cm2, lies along the positive side of an x axis with one end at the origin. The volume
charge density p is charge per unit volume in coulombs per cubic meter. How many excess electrons are on the rod if p is (a) uniform, with a value of -2.46 µC/m³, and
(b) nonuniform, with a value given by p = bx2, where b = -2.26 µC/m3?
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