Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 23 - Gauss' Law - Problems - Page 681: 29d

Answer

The electric field is radially outward.

Work Step by Step

The charge of the rod is $3.40\times 10^{-12}~C$ At a radius of $5.00R_1$, only the rod (and not the shell) is enclosed within a cylindrical Gaussian surface. We can use Equation (23-12) to find the electric field: $E = \frac{\lambda}{2\pi~\epsilon_0~r}$ $E = \frac{3.40\times 10^{-12}~C/11.00~m}{(2\pi)~(8.854\times 10^{-12}~F/m)~(0.00650~m)}$ $E = 0.855~N/C$ The positive sign of $E$ shows that the electric field is radially outward.
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