A thin, metallic spherical shell of radius 0.137 m has a total charge of 8.53 × 10-6 C placed on it. A point charge of 2.65 × 10-6 C is placed at the center of the shell. What is the electric field magnitude E a distance 0.865 m from the center of the spherical shell? E = N/C Does the electric field point outward from the center of the sphere or inward? inward outward

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A thin, metallic spherical shell of radius 0.137 m has a total charge of 8.53 × 10-6 C placed on it. A point charge of
2.65 x 10-6 C is placed at the center of the shell. What is the electric field magnitude E a distance 0.865 m from the center
of the spherical shell?
E =
N/C
Does the electric field point outward from the center of the sphere or inward?
inward
outward
Transcribed Image Text:A thin, metallic spherical shell of radius 0.137 m has a total charge of 8.53 × 10-6 C placed on it. A point charge of 2.65 x 10-6 C is placed at the center of the shell. What is the electric field magnitude E a distance 0.865 m from the center of the spherical shell? E = N/C Does the electric field point outward from the center of the sphere or inward? inward outward
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The point charge at the center of the sphere is 2.65x10-6 C.

The total charge on the spherical shell is 8.53x10-6 C.

 

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