A thin uncharged conducting spherical shell has a charge q carefully placed at its center through a small hole in the shell.The charge q does not touch the shell.What is the charge on the shell?

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Since the spherical shell is uncharged to start with and the charge q is inside the shell but not touching it, there is no way for charge to transfer to the shell. Therefore, the shell remains uncharged and the answer is D) 0.

A Thin Uncharged Conducting Spherical Shell Has a Charge Q