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    A charged wire of length a has a charge Q distributed uniformly. The electric field Ex at a distance x from the center of the wire is calculated as Ex = -2Q/(πε0a2). The electric field Ey is calculated similarly. If the edges of a square had equal charge, the electric fields would cancel out at the center due to symmetry.

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    A charged wire of length a has a charge Q distributed uniformly. The electric field Ex at a distance x from the center of the wire is calculated as Ex = -2Q/(πε0a2). The electric field Ey is calculated similarly. If the edges of a square had equal charge, the electric fields would cancel out at the center due to symmetry.

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    A charged wire of length a has a charge Q distributed uniformly. The electric field Ex at a distance x from the center of the wire is calculated as Ex = -2Q/(πε0a2). The electric field Ey is calculated similarly. If the edges of a square had equal charge, the electric fields would cancel out at the center due to symmetry.

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    21.98: a)  E x = E y , and E x = 2 Elength of wire a , charge Q =2


    4πε0 x x 2 + ( a ) 2
    , where
    2

    a 2Q 2Q
    x= ⇒ Ex = − 2
    , Ey = − .
    2 πε0 a πε0 a 2
    b) If all edges of the square had equal charge, the electric fields would cancel by
    symmetry at the center of the square.

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