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Problem21 98

A charged wire of length a has a charge Q distributed uniformly. The electric field Ex at a distance x from the center of the wire is calculated as Ex = -2Q/(πε0a2). The electric field Ey is calculated similarly. If the edges of a square had equal charge, the electric fields would cancel out at the center due to symmetry.

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Problem21 98

A charged wire of length a has a charge Q distributed uniformly. The electric field Ex at a distance x from the center of the wire is calculated as Ex = -2Q/(πε0a2). The electric field Ey is calculated similarly. If the edges of a square had equal charge, the electric fields would cancel out at the center due to symmetry.

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21.98: a)  E x = E y , and E x = 2 Elength of wire a , charge Q =2


4πε0 x x 2 + ( a ) 2
, where
2

a 2Q 2Q
x= ⇒ Ex = − 2
, Ey = − .
2 πε0 a πε0 a 2
b) If all edges of the square had equal charge, the electric fields would cancel by
symmetry at the center of the square.

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