Electric field inside hollow dielectric field

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How do I proof that the Efield inside a hollow dielectric sphere is 0?


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Unless we know how the dielectric sphere is charged, ( whether the charge is on the surface of the sphere or distributed uniformly through out the sphere ) it is not possible to find the field inside the sphere.