Electric Field of Spherical Conductors Connected by Wire

[patm95]

Homework Statement

Two equal sized spherical conductors are connected with a wire. Charge is placed in one conductor. What is the electric field look like?

Homework Equations

E=q/4pi*ep*r^2

The Attempt at a Solution

I think that since these two conductors are connected by a wire, that they would have to share the charge. There would be electric field lines coming out of each sphere and that each sphere would have 1/2 of the total charge that was placed in the first sphere. Is this the correct way to reason this problem? Thanks!

 

[creillyucla]

yup!

 

[zzzoak]

I think you are wright.
It is a vector sum of two spheres.

 

[patm95]

Great! Thanks!