A long hollow thin-shelled insulating cylinder has a radius R and a uniform surface charge density σ. At the center is an infinite line of charge with linear charge density λ. What is the electric field a distance r from the central axis? Give ansers for r < R and r> R

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A long hollow thin-shelled insulating cylinder has a radius R and a uniform surface charge density
σ. At the center is an infinite line of charge with linear charge density λ. What is the electric field a distance r
from the central axis? Give ansers for r < R and r> R

 

 

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