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Inside an empty cavity within a conductor, the field equals what?
AZero, whatever the outside field
BEqual to the applied field
CProportional to the conductor charge
DEqual to the surface field
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Zero, whatever the outside field
This is electrostatic shielding: the cavity field vanishes regardless of cavity shape, conductor charge or external fields.
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