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638 Solutions to the problems Figure 12.50. radius. The above result is also perfectly valid inside a hollow con- ‘ducting shell though if there axe no charges enclosed, the relation is trivial because both dE and E are zero, Inside the material of a conductor, the relation is tivial in any case, because dE and Fare always zero. Charge distribution on a conducting disk Recall the argument in Problem 117 that showed why the Geld inside a spherical hell is eo, In Fig. 129 the two cones that define the charges {1 and ga onthe surface ofthe sell are similar, 50 the aeas ofthe end Palches aren the ratio of 72/7. This factor exactly cancels the 1/7 effect, Jn Coulomb's law, so the feds from the two patches are equal and oppo- Site at point P. The il eonbatons om the entire sel therefore can- elim pi. Lt us now projet the charges residing on the upper and lower hemi spheres onto the equstoril plane containing P. The charges and gp in the patches mentioned above end up inthe shaded patches shown in Fig 1249. The (orzomal) els at point fom these shaded patches have magnitudes gy/47

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