A long straight wire has fixed negative charge with a linear charge density of magnitude 5.1 nC/m. The wire is to be enclosed by a coaxial, thin-walled, nonconducting cylindrical shell of radius 1.2 cm. The shell is to have positive charge on its outside surface with a surface charge density σ that makes the net external electric field is zero. Calculate σ. Number Units

A long straight wire has fixed negative charge with a linear charge density of magnitude 5.1 nC/m. The wire is to be enclosed by a coaxial, thin-walled, nonconducting cylindrical shell of radius 1.2 cm. The shell is to have positive charge on its outside surface with a surface charge density σ that makes the net external electric field is zero. Calculate σ. Number Units

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A long straight wire has fixed negative charge with a linear charge density of magnitude 5.1 n C / m . The wire is to be enclosed by a coaxial, thin-walled, nonconducting cylindrical shell of radius 1.2 c m . The shell is to have positive charge on its outside surface with a surface charge density σ that makes the net external electric field is zero. Calculate σ .
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