(a) Use Gauss's Law to find the electric field inside a uniformly charged sphere of radius R and charge density p. (b) Two spheres, each of radius R and carrying uniform charge densities +p and -p, respectively, are placed so that they partially overlap. Call the vector from the positive center to the negative center d. Show that the field in the region of overlap is constant, and find its value. +

(a) Use Gauss's Law to find the electric field inside a uniformly charged sphere of radius R and charge density p. (b) Two spheres, each of radius R and carrying uniform charge densities +p and -p, respectively, are placed so that they partially overlap. Call the vector from the positive center to the negative center d. Show that the field in the region of overlap is constant, and find its value. +

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