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Outside a charged thin shell, the field acts as if the charge sat where?
ASpread over its surface
BConcentrated at its centre
CLocated at nearest point
DAbsent from the space
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Concentrated at its centre
Spherical symmetry makes the outside field identical to that of a point charge of the same total value at the centre.
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