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A solid conducting sphere of radius 'a' is surrounded by a thin uncharged concentric conducting shell of radius `2a`. A point charge q is placed at a distance `4a` from common centre of conducting sphere and shell. The inner sphere is then grounded
The potential of outer shell is

A

`(q)/(32 pi epsilon_(0)a)`

B

`(q)/(16 pi epsilon_(0)a)`

C

`(q)/(8 pi epsilon_(0)a)`

D

`(q)/(4 pi epsilon_(0)a)`

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