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Problem 3.168

The space between the plates of a parallel-plate capacitor is filled up with inhomogeneous poorly conducting medium whose resistivity varies linearly in the direction perpendicular to the plates. The ratio of the maximum value of resistivity to the minimum one is equal to η\eta The gap width equals dd. Find the volume density of the charge in the gap if a voltage VV is applied to the capacitor. ε\varepsilon is assumed to be 1 everywhere.

Reveal Answer
ρ=2ε0V(η1)/d2(η+1)\rho=2 \varepsilon_{0} V(\eta-1) / d^{2}(\eta+1)