I'm new at problems like this so I would very much appreciate help.
Point P lies to the left of a long line of charge. The charge is uniformly distributed
and the total charge is Q. Determine the electric field at point P. Note the the distance D
extends from P to the point exactly halfway across the charge distribution.
b: Simplify your answer in the limit that D L. Does this result make sense? Explain.
c: Repeat part a if the charge is described by a linear charge density λ = λ0L/x where λ0
is a positive constant.

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I'm new at problems like this so I would very much appreciate help.
Point P lies to the left of a long line of charge. The charge is uniformly distributed
and the total charge is Q. Determine the electric field at point P. Note the the distance D
extends from P to the point exactly halfway across the charge distribution.
b: Simplify your answer in the limit that D  L. Does this result make sense? Explain.
c: Repeat part a if the charge is described by a linear charge density λ = λ0L/x where λ0
is a positive constant.

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