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AP Physics C: E&M
10.1 Electrostatics with Conductors
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Cross-sectional view of the charged inner conducting sphere and concentric uncharged conducting shell.
Cross-sectional view of the charged inner conducting sphere and concentric uncharged conducting shell.
A solid conducting sphere of radius \(a\) carries a net positive charge \(+Q\). It is concentric with an uncharged conducting spherical shell with inner radius \(b\) and outer radius \(c\), where \(a < b < c\). The electric potential is defined to be zero at infinity (\(V(\infty) = 0\)). Which of the following graphs best represents the electric potential \(V\) as a function of radial distance \(r\) from the common center?

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