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Statement

6.1.3.
a. The force acting on a charge of is . What is the electric field strength acting on this charge, in SI and CGS?
b. The force acting on a charge of is . What is the electric field strength acting on this charge, in SI and CGS?

Solution

a) According to the definition of electric field strength:

In the SI system:

To convert to CGS, we use the relations: and :

b) For the second case, we first calculate the field strength in the CGS system:

Now we convert this value to the SI system using the inverse relations (, ):

Answer

a.
b.