Electric Field of a Point Charge
 

Electric Field of a Point Charge problem 4


Two small solid metal spheres A and B have equal radii and are in a vacuum. Their centres are apart. Sphere A has charge and sphere B has charge . The arrangement is illustrated in the figure below.




Point P lies on the line joining the centres of the spheres and is a distance of from the centre of sphere A.


  • Suggest why the electric field strength in both spheres is zero.


  • Show that the electric field strength is zero at point P. Explain your working.


 

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