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Through cunning physics trickery I havetrapped a point charge Q at the center of a thin-walledhollow conductive sphere of radius R, which itself carries anet charge of -3Q.


a.    How much charge willcollect on the inside surface of the hollow sphere?

b.   Howmuch charge will collect on the outside surface of thehollow sphere?

c.    Draw a picture of this arrangement,including a depiction of any electric field lines.

d.   Graphthe resulting electric field E as a function of distancefrom the center, r.

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The trick with understanding conductors on these Gausss law problems is to realize that once electrostatic equilibrium is reached the electric field throughout MOST of the body of the conductive material must be zero This means that a Gaussian surface through the center of the material that makes up the outer sphere must    See Answer
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