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Consider a hollow spherical conductor that has a potential of 300 volts at its outside surface . The potential inside the hollow must be
(a) Zero at the center and rising to something less than 300 V at the edge of the hollow
(b) Zero at the outer part and rising to 300 volts at the centre.
(c ) It depends on the ratio of outer and inner radii
(d) Zero everywhere
(e ) 300 V everywhere
(f ) 150V everywhere

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Answer (e )
300V everywhere
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