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kilotesla t1_ja0lrto wrote

Reply to comment by Movpasd in Would the magnitude of the electric field at a point away from the center of a sphere depend on the radius of the sphere? by cozymikey

This is a good answer. Like the other answers, it assumes that the sphere of metal is far away from other charged or polarizable objects. If the two spheres being discussed were close to each other, the charge would no longer be uniformly distributed on either of them and the analysis isn't as simple.

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