Question: Figure ( a ) shows a narrow charged solid cylinder that is coaxial with a larger charged cylindrical shell. Both are nonconducting and thin and

Figure (a) shows a narrow charged solid cylinder that is coaxial with a larger charged cylindrical shell. Both are nonconducting and thin and have uniform surface charge densities on their outer surfaces. Figure (b) gives the radial component \( E \) of the electric field versus radial distance \( r \) from the common axis, and \( E_{s}=3.0\times 10^{3}\mathrm{~N}/\mathrm{C}\). What is the linear charge density of the shell?
\(\times \mathrm{C}/\mathrm{m}\)
Did you use the derived expression for the electric field produced by a long line of charge? Do you see that inside the shell, the only charge enclosed by a cylindrical Gaussian cylinder is that on the solid cylinder? Similarly, outside the shell, the enclosed charge is the combined charge of solid cylinder and shell.
Figure ( a ) shows a narrow charged solid

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