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Why is it safe to remain inside a car during a lightning

Chapter 14, Problem 54E

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Why is it safe to remain inside a car during a lightning storm?

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Why is it safe to remain inside a car during a lightning storm?

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Solution 54E STEP 1: There is a concept in physics named as Faraday cage or Faraday shield. It tells that, when you are closed inside a conducting material which is hollow, the external electric fields cannot affect you. When someone from the outside applies external electric field on your metal shield, the free

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