1) A charge Q is uniformly distributed throughout a nonconducting sphere of radius R. (a) What is the magnitude of the electric field at a distance R/2 from the center of the sphere? (b) What is the magnitude of the electric field at a distance 2R from the center of the sphere?

1) A charge Q is uniformly distributed throughout a nonconducting sphere of radius R. (a) What is the magnitude of the electric field at a distance R/2 from the center of the sphere? (b) What is the magnitude of the electric field at a distance 2R from the center of the sphere?

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1) A charge Q is uniformly distributed throughout a nonconducting sphere of radius R.
(a) What is the magnitude of the electric field at a distance R/2 from the center of the
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(b) What is the magnitude of the electric field at a distance 2R from the center of the
sphere?

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