College Physics (10th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321902788
Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 17, Problem 56P
A charged paint is spread in a very thin uniform layer over the surface of a plastic sphere of diameter 12.0 cm, giving it a charge of −15.0 µC. Find the electric field (a) Just Inside the paint layer, (b) just outside the paint layer, and (c) 5.00 cm outside the surface of the paint layer.
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