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Two large, thin metal plates are parallel and close to each other. On their inner faces, the plates have surface charge densities of opposite signs and magnitude `17.0xx10^(-22)Cm^(-2)`. What is the electric field
a. in the outer region of the first and the second plates?
b. between the plates?

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`10mu C//m`
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