Point Charge Repulsion from Spherical Conductor?

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Homework Statement


A point charge e is braught near a spherical conductor of radius "a" having a charge "q".show that the particle will be repelled by the sphere unless its distance from the nearest point of its surface is less than (a/2) *√(e/q) approximately?

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