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Question
Electric intensity due to a charged sphere at a point outside the sphere decreases with...................
Options
increase in charge on sphere.
increase in dielectric constant.
decrease in the distance from the centre of sphere.
decrease in square of distance from the centre of sphere.
Solution
increase in dielectric constant
Electric feild intensity at a point outside a charged conducting sphere is given as
`E=1/(4pi).q/r^2`
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