Electric field from charged cylinder at radial distance

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Fatima Hasan

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Can someone tell me where is my mistake ?

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kuruman

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You are using the volume of a sphere instead of the volume of a cylinder.

Chandra Prayaga

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You should draw the Gaussian surface for which you are calculating the charge enclosed.