Recent content by cjosephson

Ah, I was thinking of R as the distance away from the spheres, not the radius of the spheres. I'm doing AP Physics B, so we don't really do very much with the potential of spheres, since it's a C subject. Please excuse me!

OK, you explanation makes sense--there can be no potential difference because of the way the charges move. When they say potential, though, what do they mean? Because the charge Q is different for each of the spheres, clearly they don't mean the potential as from a distance R--if the Q's are...

Two unequally sized metal spheres are each charged. A wire is connected from one sphere to the other. When the wire is removed, the spheres will have the same potential. T/F? The answer is true (I looked up the key), but I do not understand why. I know that the spheres, due to being...