Symmetry and Gauss's Law

Question

questions A conducting shell, shown below, carries a net charge Q. Which of the following is true?
(a) The charge Q appears all on the inner surface.
(b) The charge Q appears all on the outer surface.
(c) Half of the charge appears on the inner surface and the other half appears on the outer surface.
(d) The charge Q is uniformly distributed throughout the volume of the shell.

Once you have finished here, go on to learn about using Gauss's Law for a uniformly charged sphere.


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