Sketch qualitatively the electric field lines both between and outside two concentric conducting spherical shells when a uniform positive charge ql is on the inner shell and a uniform negative charge -q2 is on the outer. Consider the cases ql > q2, ql = q2, and ql < q2
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In Fig. 22-51, a "semi-infinite" nonconducting rod (that is, infinite in one direction only) has uniform linear charge density}' A. Show that the electric field Ep at point P makes an angle of 45 with the rod and that this result is independent of the distance R. (Hint: Separately find the component of Ep parallel to the rod and the component perpendicular to the rod.)
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