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Grade 12Electrostatics

a metalic sphere A of its radius `a` carries a charge Q it is brought in contact with an uncharged sphere B of radius `b`the charge on sphere B now will be what

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8 Years agoGrade 12
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Set final potentials equal and conserve charge. So, KQ1/A = KQ2/BAnd Q1 + Q2 = QSolving for Q2, we get Q2 =Q*B/A+B