Calculating Electric Field for Continuously Distributed Charges
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What does the small amount of charge in the text give rise to?

  • Magnetic field
  • Gravitational field
  • Electric field (correct)
  • Heat field

Which component of the electric field is non-cancelling in the -axis due to symmetry?

  • x component
  • y component
  • No component is non-cancelling
  • z component (correct)

What is the dependency of arc length on and according to the text?

  • No dependence (correct)
  • Inverse dependence
  • Exponential dependence
  • Linear dependence

What distribution of charges is considered along a wire in the text?

<p>Continuous distribution (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What mathematical technique is used to solve the integral mentioned in the text?

<p>Trigonometric substitution (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which axis could have been taken instead of the y axis for calculating the distance from the wire?

<p>-x axis (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do we calculate the electric field when charges are continuously distributed over a region?

<p>By breaking up the region into small pieces and treating each piece as a point charge (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How can the total electric field be expressed when charges are continuously distributed?

<p>As an integral over the region where charges are distributed (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is charge density used for when dealing with continuously distributed charges?

<p>To specify the amount of charge per unit volume, area, or length in the region (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How is linear charge distribution defined?

<p>Using charge density lambda (λ) (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

For which type of charge distribution is surface charge density sigma (σ) defined?

<p>Surface charge distribution (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do we work out the electric field coming from a continuous charge distribution?

<p>By integrating over the charge distribution region (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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