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A spherical drop of water carrying a charge of 25 pC has apotential of 475 V at its surface (with V = 0 at infinity).
(a) What is the radius of the drop?

(b) If two such drops of the same charge and radius combine to forma single spherical drop, what is the potential at the surface ofthe new drop?

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Physics: Principles with Applications
7th Edition, 2013
Giancoli
ISBN: 9780321625922

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