How Do You Calculate Work Required to Move a Charge Near a Charged Cylinder?

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The discussion centers on calculating the work required to move a charge of 4*10^-12 C from a distance of 0.1 m to 0.07 m from the center of a uniformly charged cylinder with a charge density of 2*10^-6 C/m^3 and a radius of 0.05 m. The work done can be calculated using the electric field generated by the cylinder and integrating the force over the distance moved. The expected answer is in the form of 2.5X * 10^something, indicating a need for precise calculations involving electric potential energy.

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I have a question that I am hoping someone can help me with, and I would like to say thank you to everyone who looks at this and tries to help.

We have a cylinder with uniform charge density of 2*10^-6 C/m^3, with a radius of 0.05m. How do I figure out how much work is required to move a charge of 4*10^-12C from 0.1m to 0.07m (distances from the center of the cylinder).

The answer should be 2.5X * 10^ something (don't know exactly), but I can't figure out how to do this. Someone please help.

Thanks
 
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can someone please help? i am very screwed if i don't figure this out. thanks.
 
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