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A hollow charged conductor has a tiny hole cut in to its surface show that the electric field in the hole is n where n is the charge density near the hole

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(a) hind choose a gaussian surface lying wholly within the conductor and enclosing the cavity
(b) gauss alw on the same surface as in (a) shows that q must induce q on the inner surface of the conductor
(c ) enclose the instrument fully by a metallinc surface
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