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Question
Why is the potential inside a hollow spherical charged conductor constant and has the same value of as on its surface?
Solution
Electric field inside the shell is zero. So no work is done in moving a charge inside the shell. This implies that potential is constant, and therefore equal to its value at the surface i.e.
`V=1/(4piE_0) q/r`
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