University Physics with Modern Physics (14th Edition)

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Chapter 22 - Gauss's Law - Problems - Discussion Questions - Page 745: Q22.7

Answer

See explanation.

Work Step by Step

The net charge is still on the surface, because on a conductor, any excess charge always resides on the surface under electrostatic conditions (page 733). This excess charge will not be uniformly distributed: more excess positive charge will be drawn to the side that is closer to the negative charge. The surface charge distributes itself in such a way as to cancel the external electric field inside the conductor. Remarkably, the electric field everywhere inside the conductor is still zero.
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