Answer
$E = 0$
Work Step by Step
By symmetry, the electric field due to all the charge to the left of $x = 0$ cancels out with the electric field due to all the charge to the right of $x = 0$
Therefore, $E = 0$.
Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)
by Halliday, David; Resnick, Robert; Walker, Jearl
Published by
Wiley
ISBN 10:
1-11823-072-8
ISBN 13:
978-1-11823-072-5
Chapter 23 - Gauss' Law - Problems - Page 682: 43a
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