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Chapter 24, Problem 24.7OQ
Two solid spheres, both of radius 5 cm. carry identical total charges of 2 μC. Sphere A is a good conductor. Sphere B is an insulator, and its charge is distributed uniformly throughout its volume, (i) How do the magnitudes of the electric fields they separately create at a radial distance of 6 cm compare? (a) EA > EB= 0 (b) EA > EB> 0 (c) EA = EB> 0 (d) 0<EA<EB (e) 0 = Ea < EB (ii) How do the magnitudes of the electric fields they separately create at radius 4 cm compare? choose from the same possibilities as in part (i).
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