Electric Field at a Point on the Axis of a Charged Disk?

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Homework Statement


A flat, circular annulus of radius 7 m with a hole in the center of radius 2 m is charged on one surface such that the surface charge density varies with the radial distance from the center of the disk by the equation sigma= (r2 + 961)1/2 x 10-6, where is in C/m2 and r is in meters.

Find the magnitude of the electric field at a point on the axis of the disk, a distance 31 m away from the center of the disk.

Homework Equations

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The Attempt at a Solution



Do I combine the equations and integrate from 2 to 7? I am lost...
 
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You write: "sigma= (r2 + 961)1/2 x 10-6". Please clarify. Is that r2 or r2? Is 961 in units of meters or meters2? Is that (r2 + 961) x 1/(2 x 10-6), or is it (r2 + 961) x (1/2) x 2 x 10 - 6? Or something else?
 
r2 is r squared. 961 is meters.
It is (sqrt(r squared + 961))e-6.