Electrostatic field of a sphere

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Homework Statement
What is the electrostatic field of a non-conductive sphere (it's radius is R) which has a density charge distribution inside? ρ0 and R are parameters.
Relevant Equations
Gauss' law
What is the electrostatic field of a non-conductive sphere (it's radius is R) which has a
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density charge distribution inside? ρ0 and R are parameters.

I started solving this with Gauss's law:
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then:
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Solving the integral:
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This means the electrostatic field of the sphere in r is:
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Can you check if is this correct? If it isn't, what is the problem?
Thanks.
 
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Can you not simplify that answer? Also, the electric field is a vector.
 
Also, there are two regions in space with different functional dependence for the field, ##r'<R## and ##r' \geq R##. You found the field in the former but not the latter.