Consider a thin, spherical shell of radius 12.0 cm with a surface charge density o = 0.150 mC/m² distributed uniformly on its surface. Find the electric field a) 7.0 cm and b) 17.0 cm from the center of the charge distribution.

Consider a thin, spherical shell of radius 12.0 cm with a surface charge density o = 0.150 mC/m² distributed uniformly on its surface. Find the electric field a) 7.0 cm and b) 17.0 cm from the center of the charge distribution.

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Chapter19: Electric Forces And Electric Fields

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