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Transcribed Image Text:A spherical drop of water carrying a charge of 27 pC has a potential of 740 V at its surface (with V = 0 at infinity). (a) What is the radius
of the drop? (b) If two such drops of the same charge and radius combine to form a single spherical drop, what is the potential at the
surface of the new drop?
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