Consider a uniformly charged ring of radius a = 2 m and total charge Q =...

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Consider a uniformly charged ring of radius a = 2 m and total charge Q = 10 C placed on the origin of the x axis as shown in the picture below and a point charge of the same value Qc = 10 C at the same spot. a. Compare the values of the electric fields at different distances by filling the table below. b. Demonstrate that Er Ec when x >> a. Distance x (m) Ring field E, (N/C) Point charge field E (N/C) 1 5 10 100 P X Qc P X 0 Consider a uniformly charged ring of radius a = 2 m and total charge Q = 10 C placed on the origin of the x axis as shown in the picture below and a point charge of the same value Qc = 10 C at the same spot. a. Compare the values of the electric fields at different distances by filling the table below. b. Demonstrate that Er Ec when x >> a. Distance x (m) Ring field E, (N/C) Point charge field E (N/C) 1 5 10 100 P X Qc P X 0