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A spherical capacitor is made of two spherical conductors of radi 4 cm and 6 cm respectivley. A spherical sheel of permittivity 4 and thickness 1 cm surrounds the inner sphere, the remainder of the space between the spheres being filled with an insulator of permittivity 6, Calculate the capacitance of the capacitor.

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