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What does the small amount of charge in the text give rise to?
What does the small amount of charge in the text give rise to?
Which component of the electric field is non-cancelling in the -axis due to symmetry?
Which component of the electric field is non-cancelling in the -axis due to symmetry?
What is the dependency of arc length on and according to the text?
What is the dependency of arc length on and according to the text?
What distribution of charges is considered along a wire in the text?
What distribution of charges is considered along a wire in the text?
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What mathematical technique is used to solve the integral mentioned in the text?
What mathematical technique is used to solve the integral mentioned in the text?
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Which axis could have been taken instead of the y axis for calculating the distance from the wire?
Which axis could have been taken instead of the y axis for calculating the distance from the wire?
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How do we calculate the electric field when charges are continuously distributed over a region?
How do we calculate the electric field when charges are continuously distributed over a region?
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How can the total electric field be expressed when charges are continuously distributed?
How can the total electric field be expressed when charges are continuously distributed?
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What is charge density used for when dealing with continuously distributed charges?
What is charge density used for when dealing with continuously distributed charges?
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How is linear charge distribution defined?
How is linear charge distribution defined?
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For which type of charge distribution is surface charge density sigma (σ) defined?
For which type of charge distribution is surface charge density sigma (σ) defined?
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How do we work out the electric field coming from a continuous charge distribution?
How do we work out the electric field coming from a continuous charge distribution?
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