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Homework Statement
Two concentric spherical conducting shells of radii a = 0.360 m and b = 0.540 m are connected by a thin wire, as shown in the figure below.
http://capa.physics.mcmaster.ca/figures/sb/Graph25/sb-pic2550.png If a total charge Q = 10.6 µC is placed on the system, how much charge settles on each sphere?
I attempted to equate the two sphere's electric potential since it's in electrostatic equilibrium. i Then knew the net charge of the system and the twos sphere's respective radiis. What's confusing me is doe the inner sphere affect the charge of the outer sphere? if it does how so.
Two concentric spherical conducting shells of radii a = 0.360 m and b = 0.540 m are connected by a thin wire, as shown in the figure below.
http://capa.physics.mcmaster.ca/figures/sb/Graph25/sb-pic2550.png If a total charge Q = 10.6 µC is placed on the system, how much charge settles on each sphere?
The Attempt at a Solution
I attempted to equate the two sphere's electric potential since it's in electrostatic equilibrium. i Then knew the net charge of the system and the twos sphere's respective radiis. What's confusing me is doe the inner sphere affect the charge of the outer sphere? if it does how so.
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