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Do you integrate a variable charge density when solving for Q?

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For example, let's say there was an block infinitely long in the x and y direction and in the z direction bounded by positive and negative a.

I am trying to find the charge of a imaginary partition infinitely long in the x and y direction and in the z direction bounded by positive and negative b, where b is less than a.

Here is where I get confused, if the charge density is something like p = p0*(a^2 - z^2), where z in the case is b, as mentioned above.

dQ = p * dV

Do i integrate from here or do I substitute in p = p0*(a^2 - z^2), and then integrate?

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