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Posted by alex on Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 9:07am.

consider a solid metal ball with radius r and charge q. what is the electric field intensity at the center, anywhere inside the ball and anywhere outside the ball?

physics - bobpursley, Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 10:52am
The charge is on the outside. Consider Gauss' Law. When inside, the contained charge is zero. When outside, it appears that the enclosed charge is q at the origin.

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