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Grade 12th passElectrostatics

The electric potential due to a charged sphere of radius 2.0 cm is 400V at a distance of 10 cm from the centre. What will be the electric field at a distance of 20 cm from the centre of the sphere?

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11 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Potential due to a spherical charge distribution at distance r1 is given by

Magnitude of electric field due to spherical charge distribution at distance r2 is given by

Hence,