A Geiger Counter Is Like an Electroscope That Discharges Whenever

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A Geiger counter is like an electroscope that discharges whenever ions formed by a radioactive particle produce a conducting path. A typical Geiger counter consists of a thin conducting wire of radius 0.002 cm stretched along the axis of a conducting cylinder of radius 2.0 cm. The wire and the cylinder carry equal and opposites charges of 8.0 × 10⁻¹⁰ C all along their length of 10.0 cm. What is the magnitude of the electric field at the surface of the wire?

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