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Chapter 33, Problem 8A
Why are occupants safe inside a car struck by lightning?
Expert Solution & Answer

To determine
To explain: when a car struck by lightning the occupant’s safe inside.
Explanation of Solution
The electric field inside any hollow charged conductor is zero. The car is act as a hollow charged conductor, so when light strike the car the electric field inside car remains zero, due to which the occupant’s remain safe inside it.
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