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AP Physics 2
10.3 Electric Fields
10.1 Electric Charge and Electric Force
IntermediateMCQMathematicalProportional Analysis22.9k
A cross-sectional diagram of a hollow spherical shell centered at the origin. At the center sits a small solid circle labeled +q. Surrounding the center is a thin inner circular boundary of radius R, drawn as a solid line with a double-headed arrow from the origin to the inner boundary labeled R. Beyond the inner boundary is a shaded thick circular region representing the conducting material. The outer circular boundary of this shaded region has a radius labeled 2R, with a double-headed arrow extending from the origin to the outer boundary labeled 2R. The region inside radius R and the region outside radius 2R are unshaded white space. No other labels, lines, text, or axes appear.
Cross section of a hollow conducting shell with a central point charge.
A hollow, uncharged spherical conductor has an inner radius \(R\) and an outer radius \(2R\). A point charge \(+q\) is fixed at the center of the sphere's hollow cavity, and the system reaches electrostatic equilibrium. What is the ratio of the surface charge density on the inner surface of the conductor to the surface charge density on its outer surface, \(\dfrac{\sigma_{\text{inner}}}{\sigma_{\text{outer}}}\)?

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