A uniformly charged conducting sphere of 1.7 m diameter has a surface charge density of 9.5 µC/m². (a) Find the net charge on the sphere. (b) What is the total electric flux leaving the surface of the sphere? i 9.08 Units m (a) Number (b) Number 975e+6 Units

A uniformly charged conducting sphere of 1.7 m diameter has a surface charge density of 9.5 µC/m². (a) Find the net charge on the sphere. (b) What is the total electric flux leaving the surface of the sphere? i 9.08 Units m (a) Number (b) Number 975e+6 Units

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Auniformly charged conducting sphere of 1.7 m diameter has a surface charge density of 9.5 µC/m². (a) Find the net charge on the
sphere. (b) What is the total electric flux leaving the surface of the sphere?
(a) Number
i
9.08
Units
(b) Number
9.75e+6
Units

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Diameter of the sphere is $d = 1.7 m$

Surface charge density of the sphere is $σ = 9.5 μ C / m^{2} = 9.5 \times 10^{- 6} C / m^{2}$

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