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Past exam of the physics B course of the University of Cambridge 2010 Paper 2B Section B B9 Solution by
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The image charge for a grounded conducting sphere is at radius . With symmetric real charges, their exact force-balance equation has a solution close to . Holding potential adds force to the grounded result, approximately at that separation.
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