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Two hollow conducting spheres of radii and () have equal charges. The potential would be:
More on bigger sphere
More on smaller sphere
Equal on both spheres
Dependent on the material property of the sphere
To solve this problem, we need to understand the concept of electric potential for charged conducting spheres.The electric potential at the surface of a charged conducting sphere is given by:where is the charge on the sphere, is the permittivity of free space, and is the radius of the sphere.Given that both spheres have equal charges, Let and be the potentials on the spheres with radii and respectively.Then, the potentials are:Since it follows that Therefore, This means the potential is more on the smaller sphere.Thus, the correct option is: More on smaller sphere (Option 2).
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