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Thanks for that. What do you think of the other part of the problem? I'm not quite sure if I'm missing something or did something wrong.

Homework Statement Consider 2 charges located in the x-y plane; q1 of magnitude 5 mC (millicoulombs) is located at the origin, and q2 of unknown magnitude is located at (x,y) = (0.1, 0) (in metres). The electric field E at position (0.03, 0.05) is found to be entirely in the +y direction...

Homework Statement A cross-section of a cylindrical high voltage terminal (inner cylinder) of a van de Graaff generator, surrounded by an 'intershield' (middle cylinder) and a pressure vessel (outer cylinder). The gas in the pressure vessel breaks down in electric fields greater than...