Line of uniformly distributed charge: limiting case

Ey = (k l / a) * [cos(qL) - cos(qR)] .

What does very large mean?

Whenever a ? -xL , qL approaches 0o, and whenever a ? xR , qR approaches 180o .

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a

qL qR

-xL xR

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