Charge on Cylinder Shell: Q1 + Q2

  • Thread starter Thread starter RoyalFlush100
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Charge Cylinder
Join the discussion
Registration is free. Ask a follow-up in this thread, or start your own.
1 reply · 2K views
RoyalFlush100
Messages
56
Reaction score
2

Homework Statement


The figure is a section of a conducting rod of radius R1 = 1.60 mm and length L = 11.30 m inside a thin-walled coaxial conducting cylindrical shell of radius R2 = 10.5R1 and the (same) length L. The net charge on the rod is Q1 = +3.67 × 10-12 C; that on the shell is Q2 = -2.04Q1.

What is the charge on the interior and exterior surface of the shell?

Picture inserted below.

Homework Equations


I have no idea.

The Attempt at a Solution


I don't even know how to start this. I know the answer of the charge on the exterior is the sum of Q1 and Q2, but I don't know how where the answer came from.
 

Attachments

  • pic.gif
    pic.gif
    6.6 KB · Views: 442
Physics news on Phys.org