Answer:
at R/
Explanation:
The free-fall acceleration at the surface of Earth is given by
where
G is the gravitational constant
M is the Earth's mass
R is the Earth's radius
The formula can be rewritten as
(1)
We want to shrink the Earth at a radius R' such that the acceleration of gravity becomes 3 times the present value, so
g' = 3g
Keeping the mass constant, M, and substituting into the equation, we have
Answer:
(b) the point charge is moved outside the sphere
Explanation:
Gauss' Law states that the electric flux of a closed surface is equal to the enclosed charge divided by permittivity of the medium.
According to this law, any charge outside the surface has no effect at all. Therefore (a) is not correct.
If the point charge is moved off the center, the points on the surface close to the charge will have higher flux and the points further away from the charge will have lesser flux. But as a result, the total flux will not change, because the enclosed charge is the same.
Therefore, (c) and (d) is not correct, because the enclosed charge is unchanged.