Problem A nonconducting spherical shell of inner radius a=6.00cm and outer radius b=11.0cm is surrounded by a concentric conducting spherical shell of inner radius b and outer radius c=27.0cm, as shown in the figure. The nonconducting shell has a uniform volume charge density p=4.00µC/m³ and the conducting shell has no net charge. C a) Find the total charge on the nonconducting spherical shell. Q= nC b) Find the magnitude of electric field at a distance r=8.00cm E= kN/C c) Find the magnitude of electric field at a distance r=15.0cm E= N/C d) Find the surface charge densities oin and oout of the inner and outer surfaces, respectively, of the conducting shell. µC/m² , Oout= |µC/m² Oin

Problem A nonconducting spherical shell of inner radius a=6.00cm and outer radius b=11.0cm is surrounded by a concentric conducting spherical shell of inner radius b and outer radius c=27.0cm, as shown in the figure. The nonconducting shell has a uniform volume charge density p=4.00µC/m³ and the conducting shell has no net charge. C a) Find the total charge on the nonconducting spherical shell. Q= nC b) Find the magnitude of electric field at a distance r=8.00cm E= kN/C c) Find the magnitude of electric field at a distance r=15.0cm E= N/C d) Find the surface charge densities oin and oout of the inner and outer surfaces, respectively, of the conducting shell. µC/m² , Oout= |µC/m² Oin

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Problem A nonconducting spherical shell of inner radius a=6.00cm and outer radius b=11.0cm is surrounded by a concentric conducting spherical shell of inner radius b and outer radius c=27.0cm, as shown in the figure.
The nonconducting shell has a uniform volume charge density p=4.00µC/m³ and the conducting shell has no net charge.
C
a) Find the total charge on the nonconducting spherical shell.
Q=
nC
b) Find the magnitude of electric field at a distance r=8.00cm
E=
kN/C
c) Find the magnitude of electric field at a distance r=15.0cm
E=
N/C
d) Find the surface charge densities oin and oout of the inner and outer surfaces, respectively, of the conducting shell.
µC/m² , Oout=
|µC/m²
Oin

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