Determine the magnitude of the charge on the inner and outter surface of sphere

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A hollow conducting spherical shell with inner radius 8 cm and outer radius 10 cm has an electric field of 90 N/C directed inward at the inner surface and 80 N/C directed outward at the outer surface. To determine the charge on the inner and outer surfaces, Gauss's law is applied, considering a Gaussian surface for both the inner and outer regions. The presence of an electric field inside the shell indicates an isolated charge within, denoted as qc, while the charges on the inner surface (qi) and outer surface (qo) must balance the electric fields observed. The discussion emphasizes the need to calculate the potential at various distances from the center, taking into account the contributions from each charge. The analysis ultimately seeks to establish the relationship between the electric fields and the corresponding surface charges.
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Homework Statement


A hollow conducting spherical shell has an inner radius of 8 cm and an outer radius of
10 cm. The electric field at the inner surface of the shell, Ei, has a magnitude of 90 N/C
and points toward the centre of the sphere, and the electric field at the outer surface, Eo,
has a magnitude of 80 N/C and points away from the center of the sphere (see Figure A).
Determine the magnitude of the charge on the inner surface and the outer surface of the
spherical shell.

Homework Equations


For the inner surface: E =kqt/r1r^{3}
For the outer surface E = kqt/r2^{2}

The Attempt at a Solution


This uses Gauss's law. For the inner surface, set gaussian surface, with r1<r, r is the inner radius.
For outer surface, gaussian surface outside the sphere. r2>rs which is radius of shell.
I'm stupid I don't know what to do.
 
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For there to be a field inside the conducting shell, there must be some isolated charge inside it. By symmetry, you can consider that to be at the centre. Let that charge be qc. There are also charges spread over the inside surface of the sphere, qi say, and on the outside surface, qo.
Can you write down an expression for the potential at distance r from the centre? To start with, just consider a single shell of charge at some radius a. You need to consider r < a and r > a separately. When you've got that, you can write down the total potential from the three charges just by adding them up.
 
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