NOTE: PLEASE ANSWER MY SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT ARITHMETIC, NOT THE ONE I\'M TRYI

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NOTE: PLEASE ANSWER MY SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT ARITHMETIC, NOT THE ONE I'M TRYING TO SOLVE

MY QUESTION: What's wrong with my multiplication? Keeps saying I have a power of 10 error.

Here's the problem I'm working on:

A cylinder of radius a = 7.6 cm and height h = 9.2 cm is aligned with its axis along the y-axis as shown. What is the total flux that passes through the cylindrical surface? Enter a positive number if the net flux leaves the cylinder and a negative number if the net flux enters the cylnder.

1= 0.6 C/cm

MY WORK: =h(/0)=0.092(6*10^5)/(8.85*10^-12)=6.234338624*10^15

Other answers I've tried:

0.000614015, 0.0614015, 6.14015*10^-6, 0.614015*10^-6, 0.614015, 0.0000000614015 . They've all been wrong by a power of 10 but I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

Explanation / Answer

lambda1 = 0.6 muC/cm = 0.6 * 10-6 / 10-2 = 0.6 * 10-4

The total flux = Q / e0 = lambda1 h / e0

= 0.092 / (8.85 * 10-12)

= 1.04 * 1010 lambda1

= 1.04 * 1010 * 0.6 * 10-4

= 6.23 * 105 Nm2/c

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