Higher Potential
Electricity and Magnetism
Level
1
A hollow metal sphere and a solid metal sphere of equal radii are given equal charges.
Which of the two will have higher potential?
The hollow metal sphere
They both will be at the same potential
The solid metal sphere
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1 solution
Since both of them will have equal radius R, their potentials will be equal that is: kq/R.