Consider a line of charge with a uniform charge density of 35.0 nC/m. It is placed along the line y = − 15.0 cm between the points x = 0 and x = 40.0 cm. Find the electric field vector (both direction and magnitude) due to this line charge distribution at the origin.

Consider a line of charge with a uniform charge density of 35.0 nC/m. It is placed along the line y = − 15.0 cm between the points x = 0 and x = 40.0 cm. Find the electric field vector (both direction and magnitude) due to this line charge distribution at the origin.

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