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    Electric Field of a Spherical Insulator

    hm, if i integrate surface area from 0 ro the Radius, that would give me volume.. so if I take the integral of ρ*dA from 0 to R where dA = 4*pi*r^2*dr ?
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    Electric Field of a Spherical Insulator

    Can you elaborate a little bit? I'm not too sure what I should be integrating here... ρ should be in C/m3 To get Q from ρ, I need to cancel the volume... I don't see what to integrate to achieve this though. Thanks
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    What is the net electric force on the charge at the origin?

    Net electric field is found form the electric field created by the charges. Electric field is also a vector quantity which can be summed. E = kq/r2 You should be able to find the electric field for each charge and through vector addition, find the net field. Also consider: The...
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    Electric Field of a Spherical Insulator

    Homework Statement A spherical insulator of radius R and charge density ρ = ρo/r2 where r is the distance from its centre. Find the electric field at a point inside and outside the insulator. Homework Equations EA = Qencl/εo The Attempt at a Solution What's throwing me off is...
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    How Does Gauss' Law Apply to a Cylindrical Shell Surrounding a Charged Line?

    Within the shell, it is zero, but there would still be charge on the surface of the shell, which would be within the gaussian cylinder.
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    How Does Gauss' Law Apply to a Cylindrical Shell Surrounding a Charged Line?

    Ah, I see... In this case, the x cancels were left with E = λ/2∏r For any r in the defined region. Then for a region r > R2 How would I deal with finding Qencl with two charge densities? Also, wouldn't I need to know the charge density of the shell in m3 as the shell has...
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    How Does Gauss' Law Apply to a Cylindrical Shell Surrounding a Charged Line?

    So really what we get for part a is: E = Qencl/εo where Qencl = λx where x is any distance on the infinite line? So E = λx/εo? One thing though, would the field created by the cylindrical shell change the field, even though we are only looking at enclosed charge to get the...
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    How Does Gauss' Law Apply to a Cylindrical Shell Surrounding a Charged Line?

    Because the field lines must be perpendicular to the gaussian surface at all times, yes? I realize the axis must go through the center line of charge so that the surface of the cylinder will actually fulfill that requirement. But I don't know how to choose the necessary radii from the axis outwards.
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    How Does Gauss' Law Apply to a Cylindrical Shell Surrounding a Charged Line?

    Hm, Thanks for the reply. Sorry I am very lost for this... could I simply say that the radius of the gaussian cylinder is R1 - r, for the first region? I guess to clarify, I don't know if the edge of the gaussian cylinder can be anywhere within that region. For the region, r > R2, the...
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    How Does Gauss' Law Apply to a Cylindrical Shell Surrounding a Charged Line?

    Homework Statement A long line of charge with density λ (C/m) is surrounded by a concentric cylindrical conducting shell of inner radius R1 and an outer radius of R2. The shell carries a net charge of -2λ (C/m). Use Gauss' Law to determine the electric field as a function of the distance 'r'...
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    Longitudinal Waves - are they very different?

    Homework Statement A continuous sinusoidal longitudinal wave is sent along a coil spring from a vibrating source attached to it. The frequency of the source is 25vib/sec, and the distance between successive rarefactions in the spring is 24cm. a) Find the wave speed b) if the max...
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    What is the Wave Equation for a String?

    Well, if we replace the y0sin[k(vt-10)] portion of the F = ma equation, that would give F = -mk2v2y This somewhat models Hooke's law, if we can consider m, k, and v to be all constants and serve as the constant in the Hooke's law equation. Is this more on the right track..?
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    What Is the Lowest Frequency for a Standing Wave in a Compound Wire?

    I'm sure it still is... Looking forward to learning it eventually when college rolls around. :) Do you mind giving me a quick introduction to how that equation works...?
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    What is the Wave Equation for a String?

    Ah, thought you were referring to the k's in the derived equation. Sorry! Anyway, if F = ma = -kx Would x in this case be y? and thus y0sin[k(vt-10)] so ultimately we see -mk2v2y0*sin[k(vt-x)] = -Ky0sin[k(vt-x)] where uppercase K is spring constant, the amplitudes cancel, the...
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    What is the Wave Equation for a String?

    Is the chain rule not just multiplying the initial derivative by the derivative of what is in the brackets of the sin function? where k(vt-10) is a product rule? if k is a constant, derivative is zero, derivative of (vt - 10) should be v (which I forgot to put in... argh) So equations...
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