Question: 4. A small conducting sphere is placed between the plates of a parallelplate capacitor. The left plate of the capacitor is at a higher potential

 4. A small conducting sphere is placed between the plates of

a parallelplate capacitor. The left plate of the capacitor is at a

4. A small conducting sphere is placed between the plates of a parallelplate capacitor. The left plate of the capacitor is at a higher potential than the right plate. A) Show a sketch of what will happen to the charges in the sphere. Explain your reasoning. B) In which direction is the total electric force on the sphere? Explain your reasoning. C) Would your answer to part B change depending on which plate the sphere was closer to? Justify your answer using known facts about Capacitors. (You can assume the sphere is much smaller than the large capacitor plates

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