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AP Physics 2
10.3 Electric Fields
10.2 Conservation of Electric Charge and the Process of Charging
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Small conducting sphere contacting the inner wall of a hollow shell.
Small conducting sphere contacting the inner wall of a hollow shell.
A small solid conducting sphere carrying a net electric charge of \(+Q\) is suspended by an insulating thread. The sphere is lowered into the cavity of an uncharged, hollow spherical conducting shell and brought into contact with its inner surface. The sphere is then removed from the cavity. Which of the following correctly identifies the final net charge on the small sphere and the final net charge on the outer surface of the shell?

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