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Distribution of Charge on Conductor

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2 charged spherical conductors of radii R1 AND R2when connected by a conducting wire,acquires charges Q1 and Q2 respectively .
find the ratio of their surface charge densities in terms of their radii ?

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$σ_{a} = \frac{Q_{1}}{4 π R_{1}^{2}} σ_{b} = \frac{Q_{2}}{4 π R_{2}^{2}} \frac{σ_{a}}{σ_{b}} = \frac{R_{2}^{2}}{R_{1}^{2}}$

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