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For a charged spherical ball, electrostatic potential inside the ball varies with as . Here, and are constant and r is the distance from the center. The volume charge density inside the ball is . The value of is . = permittivity of the medium
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Given potential inside the spherical ball
where are constants.
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Use Poisson's equation
For electrostatics in a medium of permittivity ,
Since the potential depends only on , in spherical coordinates:
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Differentiate the potential
Then,
Differentiate again:
Therefore,
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Apply Poisson's equation
so
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Compare with the given form
The charge density is given as
Comparing,
hence,
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The derived answer matches the stored correct answer.
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