Is My Approach to Deriving Quantities for a Charged Sphere Correct?

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Sekonda
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Hey,

I have a series of questions on a basic charged sphere and deriving quantities such as the infinitesimal charge, the total charge and the electric field. The question is part (b) in the image below:

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So I found [tex]dQ'[/tex] by equating it to the surface area of a shell at a distance [tex]r'[/tex] multiplied by the corresponding charge density to attain:

[tex]dQ'=\frac{4\pi \rho _{0}r'^6dr'}{R^4}[/tex]

Is this right?

And then for the next part I just integrated over r' for some r'<R to attain:

[tex]Q=\frac{4\pi\rho _{0}r'^7}{7R^4}[/tex]

and then the last part I wish to query is my electric field magnitude, which I attained from equating the product of the electric field and area of some shell at distance r' to the charge divided by the permitivitty of free space to attain:

[tex]E=\frac{\rho _{0}r'^5}{7R^4\epsilon _{0}}[/tex]

Is this right?

Thanks guys!
Any feedback appreciated,
SK
 
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Oh and provided I've done the above correct, how would I go about answering the next part? It's below:

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Thanks for any help!
SK