A hollow conducting spherical shell with inner radius "a" and outer radius "b" carries total charge +3q. A point charge +2q is placed at the center of the hollow shell a) Find the induced charges on the surfaces ra and rib. b) Find the work done by the electric field to move a proton (charge q) from rea to r=3b.

A hollow conducting spherical shell with inner radius "a" and outer radius "b" carries total charge +3q. A point charge +2q is placed at the center of the hollow shell a) Find the induced charges on the surfaces ra and rib. b) Find the work done by the electric field to move a proton (charge q) from rea to r=3b.

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Chapter6: Gauss's Law

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