Answer: half the surface potential.
- A twice the surface potential
- B one-fourth the surface potential
- C half the surface potential
- D equal to the surface potential
Correct answer: C. half the surface potential
Explanation: Outside a uniformly charged spherical shell, V = kQ/r. At r = 2R, the potential is kQ/(2R), which is half the surface potential kQ/R.
Field lines always point from positive to negative charge, are denser where the field is stronger, and never cross; an isolated positive charge has lines radiating symmetrically outward, while a dipole's lines curve from the positive to the negative charge.
Concept context
Coulomb's law, electric field, potential, capacitors, Gauss's law.