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Part 2: Long Problems 21. (20 pts) The magnitude of the electric field at the surface of a positively charged conducting sphere of radius ( 12 mathrm{~cm} ) is ( 1.56 imes 10^{4} mathrm{~N} / mathrm{C} ). (a) What is the total charge on the sphere? (b) If ( mathrm{V}=0 ) at infinity, what is the electric potential at the surface of the sphere?

          Part 2: Long Problems
21. (20 pts) The magnitude of the electric field at the surface of a positively charged conducting sphere of radius ( 12 mathrm{~cm} ) is ( 1.56 	imes 10^{4} mathrm{~N} / mathrm{C} ).
(a) What is the total charge on the sphere?
(b) If ( mathrm{V}=0 ) at infinity, what is the electric potential at the surface of the sphere?

Part 2: Long Problems
21. (20 pts) The magnitude of the electric field at the surface of a positively charged conducting sphere of radius ( 12 mathrm cm ) is ( 1.56 imes 10^4 mathrm N / mathrmC ).
(a) What is the total charge on the sphere?
(b) If ( mathrmV=0 ) at infinity, what is the electric potential at the surface of the sphere?

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University Physics with Modern Physics

Hugh D. Young 14th Edition

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The magnitude of the electric field at the surface of a positively charged conducting sphere of radius 12 cm is 1.56x10^4 N/C. (a) What is the total charge on the sphere? (b) If V=0 at infinity, what is the electric potential at the surface of the sphere? (c) What is the electric potential at the center of the sphere? (d) A what distance from the sphere's surface has the potential decreased by 500V?