**Problem Statement:**An infinite slab of thickness \(2a\), centered on the \(xy\)-plane, has a charge density:\[\rho(z) = \begin{cases} k(a - |z|), & |z| \leq a \\0, & |z| > a. \end{cases}\]**Task:**Use Gauss’s Law to find the electric field, \(E(z)\), for all \(z\), and sketch \(E(z)\) vs. \(z\).

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An infinite slab of thickness 2a, centered on the xy-plane, has a charge density: |z| ≤ a |z| > a. Use Gauss's Law to find the electric field, E(z), for all z, and sketch E(z) vs. z. p(z) = {k(a- [k(a|z]),

An infinite slab of thickness 2a, centered on the xy-plane, has a charge density: |z| ≤ a |z| > a. Use Gauss's Law to find the electric field, E(z), for all z, and sketch E(z) vs. z. p(z) = {k(a- [k(a|z]),

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**Problem Statement:**

An infinite slab of thickness \(2a\), centered on the \(xy\)-plane, has a charge density:

\[
\rho(z) =
\begin{cases}
k(a - |z|), & |z| \leq a \\
0, & |z| > a.
\end{cases}
\]

**Task:**

Use Gauss’s Law to find the electric field, \(E(z)\), for all \(z\), and sketch \(E(z)\) vs. \(z\).

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