Electric Potential at Center of Uniform Conducting Sphere?

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A hollow metal sphere has a potential of +320 V with respect to ground (defined to be at V = 0) and has a charge of 4.4 x 10-9 C. Find the electric potential at the center of the sphere.

How do you do this. They don't give the radius which would help.
 
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Thanks for the link, but I'm still very confused i don't even know where to start at. You said since its a conductor all points inside have the same electric potential so does this mean that i can find the potential at the surface and be right. And would the charge enclosed just be 4.4 X 10-9 C given in the question. I'm not too sure about what surface you're talking about.
 
NeedPhysHelp8 said:
Thanks for the link, but I'm still very confused i don't even know where to start at. You said since its a conductor all points inside have the same electric potential so does this mean that i can find the potential at the surface and be right. And would the charge enclosed just be 4.4 X 10-9 C given in the question. I'm not too sure about what surface you're talking about.

You have a conductor. So what happens if you put 2 charges together at the center? Will they stay there?
 
Oh nice i got the answer, i just tried entering the voltage they gave me and its the right answer don't know why though