A small sphere of mass 1kg and charge 1nC slides down from the top of a smooth surface of a large sphere of radius 1m and charge 1C. At what angle measured from the vertical does the little sphere leave the big sphere?

hi there!

out of the two, (b) precision would be more reasonable.   however, both a and b could be pretty reasonable.

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small = small current large mag large current

speed of light in vacuum is 300,000 km/s

speed of light in other mediums is given by the expression v = c/n, where c is the speed of light in vacuum and n is the refractive index of medium.

for the first medium v = 200,000 km/s

  so, refractive index of medium = 300000/200000 = 1.5

    1.5 refractive index is usually for glass. so first medium is glass.

for the second medium v = 250,00 km/s

so, refractive index of medium = 300000/250000 = 1.2

    1.2 refractive index is usually for water. so second medium is water.

for the third medium v = 0 km/s

so, refractive index of medium = 300000/0 = ∞

    ∞ refractive index is usually for opaque mediums. so third medium is opaque medium.