A spherical conducting shell has a charge Q. A particle withcharge q is placed a

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A spherical conducting shell has a charge Q. A particle withcharge q is placed at the center of the shell. The charge onthe inner surface of the shell and the charge on the outer surfaceof the shell, respectively are (a) 0, Q (b) q, Q-q (c) Q, 0 (d) -q, Q+q (e) -q, 0 Can someone please explain why the answer is what it is aswell? Thanks!! A spherical conducting shell has a charge Q. A particle withcharge q is placed at the center of the shell. The charge onthe inner surface of the shell and the charge on the outer surfaceof the shell, respectively are (a) 0, Q (b) q, Q-q (c) Q, 0 (d) -q, Q+q (e) -q, 0 Can someone please explain why the answer is what it is aswell? Thanks!!

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the charge q at the center attracts -q at the inner surface of theshell, and repels +q and Q to the outer surface. so answer is d

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