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Homework Statement
A long glass filament carries a charge density [tex]\lambda = - 2.7{\rm{ nC/m}}[/tex] . What is the magnitude of the electric field 0.67 mm from the filament?
The Attempt at a Solution
Did I do this problem correctly? I'm guessing not because my answer has an extra /m . Shouldn't it simply be N/C?
[tex]
E = \left| {\frac{{k\,d\lambda }}{{r^2 }}} \right| = \left| {\frac{{8.99 \times 10^9 {\rm{N}} \cdot \frac{{{\rm{m}}^{\rm{2}} }}{{{\rm{C}}^{\rm{2}} }} \cdot - 2.7{\rm{ nC/m}} \cdot 10^{ - 9} {\rm{C/nC}}}}{{{\rm{0}}{\rm{.67mm}} \cdot 0.001{\rm{m/mm}}}}} \right| = 54000000{\rm{ N/Cm}}
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