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charge placed at some point inside a thin spherical shell not cetnre

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a point charge is placed at rest inside a thin metallic spherical shell, but not at its centre.

a) the force acting on the charge is zero

b) the force acting on the charge is non zero

c) the force acting on the particle is non zero constant, wherever the charge is placed inside the shell

d) none of these

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Siddhant Shah

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14 Mar 2008 20:16:48 IST

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is the answer (b)

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14 Mar 2008 20:24:34 IST

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ya bt can i please get an explanation for da induced charges bit?

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14 Mar 2008 20:28:41 IST

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its a) the force acting on the charge is zero
As inside the conducting body the electric field is ZERO

Thus F = qE = 0

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14 Mar 2008 20:29:55 IST

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hey it should be b
it creates a component e cos theeta

sarthak

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14 Mar 2008 20:32:47 IST

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hey guys ill let ull know that the answer is b

bt please temme abt how the induced charges are distributed nd what is the force nd how can it be calculated

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