Connected conductors with cavities

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When two conductors with cavities containing charges +q and -q are connected by a wire, the electric field outside the conductors becomes zero due to charge redistribution. The net charge on the exterior of both conductors remains zero, resulting in no external electric field. Inside the cavities, the electric field is not zero due to the presence of the charges. The question highlights the fundamental principles of electrostatics and the behavior of electric fields in conductors. Understanding these concepts is essential for analyzing similar electrostatic scenarios.
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There are two conductors with cavities, in one cavity is +q and in the other cavity is -q. If these two conductors are connected by a connecting wire, what would happen?

I know the electric field must be zero over the conductors. But would it be correct to say that there is now zero net charge on the outside of both the conductors and that the electric field everywhere is zero except inside the cavity?
 

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This is a trivial question, no?
 
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