The Graph in the Figure Shows the Electric Field Strength

question 1131

Multiple Choice

The graph in the figure shows the electric field strength (not the field lines) as a function of distance from the center for a pair of concentric uniformly charged spheres.Which of the following situations could the graph plausibly represent? (There may be more than one correct choice.)

• A) a positively charged conducting sphere within another positively charged conducting sphere
• B) a positively charged conducting sphere within an uncharged conducting sphere
• C) a solid nonconducting sphere, uniformly charged throughout its volume, inside of a positively charged conducting sphere
• D) a positively charged nonconducting thin-walled spherical shell inside of a positively charged conducting sphere
• E) a positively charged nonconducting thin-walled spherical shell inside of another positively charged nonconducting thin-walled spherical shell

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