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Find the gravitational potential due to a spherical shell of mass $M$ and radius $R$ at $r < R$ and $r > R$ , where $r$ is the distance from the centre of the shell.

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$V_{A} = \frac{- G M}{R}$
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$V_{B} = \frac{- G M}{r}$

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