Sketch qualitatively the electric field lines both between and outside two concentric conducting spherical shells when a uniform positive charge q1 is on the inner shell and a uniform negative charge %q2 is on the outer. Consider the cases q1 1 q2, q1 ! q2, and q1 2 q2.
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Two particles, each of positive charge q, are fixed in place on a y axis, one at y " d and the other at y " %d. (a) Write an expression that gives the magnitude E of the net electric field at points on the x axis given by x " ad. (b) Graph E versus a for the range 0 ( a ( 4. From the graph, determine the values of a that give (c) the maximum value of E and (d) half the maximum value of E.
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