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Application of Gauss Law

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A very long cylindrical insulator with a radius of 30 cm has a volumetric charge density of -80 nCm2\frac{nC}{m^2}. What is the volume of the electric field a distance of 10 cm away from the center? 30 cm from the center? 50 cm from the center?

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