Practice Field Due To A Uniformly Charged Thin Spherical Shell (1.14.3)

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Question 1.
What is the electric field outside a uniformly charged thin spherical shell?
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Think about Gauss's law!
Question 2.
What is the electric field inside a uniformly charged thin spherical shell?
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Consider how Gauss's law applies here.
3Question 3.
What is the electric field inside a uniformly charged thin spherical shell?
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Refer back to Gauss's law.
4Question 4.
Electric field outside a charged shell behaves as if the charge is located at its center.
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Think about how symmetry applies here.
Question 5.
Calculate the electric field at a point 5 cm from the center of a spherical shell of radius 10 cm with a total charge of 20 µC.
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Use Gauss's law.
Question 6.
A uniformly charged thin spherical shell has a total charge of 15 µC and a radius of 12 cm. What would be the electric field at a distance of 15 cm from the center?
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Apply Gauss's Law for r > R.

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