A line of positive continuous charge is formed into a semicircle of radius R = 68 cm depicted below. The total charge of this semicircle Q = 10 μC. This charge, however, is distributed not uniformly along the semicircle but with the angle-dependent linear charge density λ(θ) = λ0cos⁡θ. What is the value of parameter λ0? λ0 = μC/cm. Find now the electric field at the central point P in terms of its Ex and Ey components (with respect to the axes shown in the figure). Ex = N/C Ey = N/C

A line of positive continuous charge is formed into a semicircle of radius R = 68 cm depicted below. The total charge of this semicircle Q = 10 μC. This charge, however, is distributed not uniformly along the semicircle but with the angle-dependent linear charge density λ(θ) = λ0cos⁡θ. What is the value of parameter λ0? λ0 = μC/cm. Find now the electric field at the central point P in terms of its Ex and Ey components (with respect to the axes shown in the figure). Ex = N/C Ey = N/C

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A line of positive continuous charge is formed into a semicircle of radius R = 68 cm depicted below. The total charge of this semicircle Q = 10 μ C .
This charge, however, is distributed not uniformly along the semicircle but with the angle-dependent linear charge density λ ( θ ) = λ 0 cos θ . What is the value of parameter λ 0 ?
λ 0 =
μ C / cm .
Find now the electric field at the central point P in terms of its E x and E y components (with respect to the axes shown in the figure).
E x = N / C E y = N / C

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