Question R8 Q8 - MIT Science Bowl Invitational 2020

A spherical conductor carrying net charge Q is placed at the origin. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

W) The electric field points radially outward

X) The conductor carries charge only on its surface

Y) The volume of the conductor is an equipotential

Z) Outside the sphere, the electric field falls off as 1/r^3

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