Calculating Required Surface Charge Density for a Cylinder

[suspenc3]

Homework Statement

A long, straight wire has a linear charge density of magnitude 3.6nC/m. The wire is to be enclosed by a thin, no-conducting cylinder of ouside radius 1.5cm, coaxil witht he wire. The cylinder is to have positive charge on its outside surface with a surface charge density \sigma such that the net external electric field is zero. Calculate the required \sigma.

Homework Equations

E=\frac{\lambda}{2\pi \epsilon_0 r}

The Attempt at a Solution

The electric field can be found, but then how do I go about finding the required \sigma value?

 

[Gyroscope]

Sorry, misread.

 

[suspenc3]

Thats what it sayss...

 

[Gyroscope]

The wire has obviously negative charge. Hasn't it?
Apply Gauss's Law, to a gaussian surface, I recommend you to use another cylinder, and put the condition that:

\oint E\cdot dS=0

 

[suspenc3]

Im still confused

 

[robb_]

The total field is zero right? It is due to a superposition of the field from the wire and the field from the cylindrical shell.

 

[suspenc3]

So Do I just find an electric field for the gaussian surface that when summed with the electric field already found wll equal zero?

 

[robb_]

not sure what exactly you mean there

 

[suspenc3]

Since the total electrical field is 0, and I can find E=\frac{\lambda}{2\pi \epsilon_0 r}, can't I just find E=\frac{\sigma}{\epsilon_0}

and then \frac{\lambda}{2\pi \epsilon_0 r} = -\frac{\sigma}{\epsilon_0} and then solve for \sigma

Sorry if this make no sense, I don't really understand this stuff.