Q.2. An isolated charged conducting sphere of radius 12 cm creates an electric field of 4.9x (10)10' N/C at a distance of 21 em from its center (a). What will be its surface chargedensity? (b) What will be its capacitance?

Given: Radius of isolated charged conducting sphere: R=12 [cm]=0.12 [m] Magnitude of electric field:…

An isolated charged conducting sphere of radius 12 cm creates an electric field of 4.9x 10' N/C at a distance of 21 cm from its center (a). What will be its surface charge density? (b) What will be its capacitance?

An isolated charged conducting sphere of radius 12 cm creates an electric field of 4.9x 10' N/C at a distance of 21 cm from its center (a). What will be its surface charge density? (b) What will be its capacitance?

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