The figure below shows a very long tube of inner radius a and outer radius b that has uniform volume charge density p. Find an expression for the electric field between the walls of the tube-that is, for a

The figure below shows a very long tube of inner radius a and outer radius b that has uniform volume charge density p. Find an expression for the electric field between the walls of the tube-that is, for a

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