Fundamentals of Physics Extended
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Author: David Halliday, Robert Resnick, Jearl Walker
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Chapter 23, Problem 50P
GO Figure 23-55 shows two nonconducting spherical shells fixed in place on an x axis. Shell 1 has uniform surface charge density +4.0 µC/m2 on its outer surface and radius 0.50 cm, and shell 2 has uniform surface charge density −2.0 µC/m2 on its outer surface and radius 2.0 cm; the centers are separated by L = 6.0 cm. Other than at x = ∞, where on the x axis is the net electric field equal to zero?
Figure 23-55 Problem 50.
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