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MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Department of Physics
8.02
Spring
2008
8.02 Exam One Solutions Spring 2008
SECTION I
In this section you are asked to answer 5 questions, each worth 5 points.
You do not have
to show your work; in most cases you may simply circle the chosen answer.
Question 1 (5 points):
Consider the hollow conductor shown in the figure which has zero net charge. As shown,
an object with charge
Q
+
is placed inside the neutral, hollow, spherical conductor.
Indicate the direction of the electric field that arises after static equilibrium has been
achieved by sketching several representative field lines everywhere in space as needed.
+Q
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