Answer: In electronics it is customary to define the

Chapter 23, Problem Q23.17

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In electronics it is customary to define the potential of ground (thinking of the earth as a large conductor) as zero. Is this consistent with the fact that the earth has a net electric charge that is not zero? (Refer to Exercise 21.28.)

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