Magnitude and Direction of a Magnetic Field at the Circumference of a Disk

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Homework Statement



A very thin disk of non-conducting material initially holds a charge QO = +5 μC that decreases with time t as

Q(t) = QO e-t/τ
where τ = 10 seconds.
If the disk has a radius of 0.10 m, what is the magnitude and direction of the magnetic field at the circumference of the disk as a function of time?

Homework Equations


Assume at any time t that the displacement vector D is uniform across the disk.
There is no free current.

∇\bulletE = (1/εO

∇×B = μOJ + μOεO (∂E/∂t)

The Attempt at a Solution



I tried to just work out the curl of B and I immediately ran into problems and it's not correlating to the problem.
 
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