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The common explanation is this: If the conductor has a net charge, then the charges repel each other until they arrange themselves symmetrically around the outside of the sphere, and if you do the math the electric field will cancel out everywhere inside the conducting sphere.
Alright, but what if the charge is placed on a point outside of the sphere instead of on the sphere? If you keep the charge separate from the conducting sphere, then the charges won't be able to arrange themselves symmetrically around the sphere to make the electric field inside the conductor cancel out. What keeps the electric field inside the conductor zero in this case?
Alright, but what if the charge is placed on a point outside of the sphere instead of on the sphere? If you keep the charge separate from the conducting sphere, then the charges won't be able to arrange themselves symmetrically around the sphere to make the electric field inside the conductor cancel out. What keeps the electric field inside the conductor zero in this case?