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Two metal spheres, one fo radius R and the other of radius 2R, both have same surface charge density s. They are brought in contact and seprated. What will be new surface charge densitites on them ?

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`sigma_(1)=(5)/(3)sigma and sigma_(2)=(5)/(6)sigma`
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