A uniform line charge of density Q' has the form of a semicircle of radius a, lying in the xy plane, in free space, as shown in the figure below. If Q' > 0, the electric field intensity È due to this charge at the point on the z axis defined by the coordinate z = a can be represented as Q'

A uniform line charge of density Q' has the form of a semicircle of radius a, lying in the xy plane, in free space, as shown in the figure below. If Q' > 0, the electric field intensity È due to this charge at the point on the z axis defined by the coordinate z = a can be represented as Q'

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represented as
Q'

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