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A hollow charged conductor has a tiny ho...

A hollow charged conductor has a tiny hole cut into its surface. Show that the electric field in the hole is `( sigma //2 epsilon_(0)) hat n` , where `hatn` is the unit vector in the outward normal direction, and `sigma` is the surface charge density near the hole.

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