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If excess charge is put on a spherical nonconductor, it spreads a little from where it was placed but not over the whole sphere it remains where it was placed it spreads uniformly throughout the volume of the conductor it spreads uniformly over the surface of the sphere if the sphere is small it spreads uniformly over the surface of the sphere

If excess charge is put on a spherical nonconductor, it spreads a little from where it was placed but not over the whole sphere it remains where it was placed it spreads uniformly throughout the volume of the conductor it spreads uniformly over the surface of the sphere if the sphere is small it spreads uniformly over the surface of the sphere

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If excess charge is put on a spherical nonconductor, it spreads a little from where it was placed but not over the whole sphere it remains where it was placed it spreads uniformly throughout the volume of the conductor it spreads uniformly over the surface of the sphere if the sphere is small it spreads uniformly over the surface of the sphere

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A charged particle causes an electric flux of −2700.0 N⋅m2/C to pass through a spherical Gaussian surface of radius R centered on the charge. Another charged particle with equal charge is located R2 from the center of the sphere. The net electric flux through the sphere is N⋅m2/C.
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