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Homework Statement
The problem shows a picture of a spherical conductor that is placed some distance away from a positive charge.
It wants me to draw in how I think the charge will be distributed.
Homework Equations
E=(KQq)/r^(2)
The Attempt at a Solution
My original thoughts were that the negative charge would be on the side closest to the positive charge because opposite charges attact.
But then
I remembered that the E field inside of a conductor is always zero. So then I figured that the positive charges would be on the side closest to the positive charge because the e field of the charges on the right side of the sphere need to be facing the opposite direction as the e field from the outside charge in order for the e fields to cancel each other out inside the sphere.
Is this right?
It just throws me off a little bit because I know that opposite charges attract.
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