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6.3 Exercise 16

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The electric field at 2 cm from the center of long copper rod of radius 1 cm has a magnitude 3 N/C and directed outward from the axis of the rod. (a) How much charge per unit length exists on the copper rod? (b) What would be the electric flux through a cube of side 5 cm situated such that the rod passes through opposite sides of the cube perpendicularly?

OpenStax University Physics Volume 2, 6.3 Applying Gauss’s Law, exercise 16

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