A thin wire is bent in the form of a rectangle with length l = 30 cm and width w = 11 cm. The wire is charged up to a uniform charge density of 2.5 C/m. Find the electric field at a distance of 25 cm from the center of the rectangle along the axis.

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A thin wire is bent in the form of a rectangle with length l = 30 cm and width w = 11 cm. The wire is charged up to a uniform charge density of 2.5 C/m. Find the electric field at a distance of 25 cm from the center of the rectangle along the axis.

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