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The radii of curvature of the spheres of a spherical capacitor is given and to find the charge, charge density and work done when it is connected to a battery.

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The solution calculates the capacity of a spherical capacitor, charge on it when connected to a battery, charge densities on the spheres and the work done to bring a test charge across it.

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