A very thin plastic rod of length Lis rubbed with cloth and becomes uniformly charged with a total charge of -Q Consider an arbitrary piece of rod of length de located at a position on the rod. Find an expression for the electric field dE at observation location a distance d to the right of the rod and a distance h above the horizontal axis as indicated. Use a coordinate system in which the origin is located at the left end of the rod and + points right. When entering your solutions, use k for Coulomb's constant.

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A very thin plastic rod of length L is rubbed with cloth and becomes uniformly charged with a total charge of -Q.
Consider an arbitrary piece of rod of length dz located at a position on the rod. Find an expression for the electric field dE at observation location a
distance of to the right of the rod and a distance A above the horizontal axis as indicated. Use a coordinate system in which the origin is located at the left
end of the rod and + points right. When entering your solutions, use for Coulomb's constant.
dE,
(-(k*Q)/L)*((L+d-x) dx)/(h*2 + (L
(-:9)..
h
dEy
Transcribed Image Text:A very thin plastic rod of length L is rubbed with cloth and becomes uniformly charged with a total charge of -Q. Consider an arbitrary piece of rod of length dz located at a position on the rod. Find an expression for the electric field dE at observation location a distance of to the right of the rod and a distance A above the horizontal axis as indicated. Use a coordinate system in which the origin is located at the left end of the rod and + points right. When entering your solutions, use for Coulomb's constant. dE, (-(k*Q)/L)*((L+d-x) dx)/(h*2 + (L (-:9).. h dEy
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