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Gravitational Field Due to a Shell

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Which one of the following plots represents the variation of gravitational field on a particle with distance r due a thin spherical shell of radius R?

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The correct option is B

Gravitational field due to the spherical shell inside the shell

F = 0 [r < R]

On surface of shell

$F = \frac{G M}{R^{2}}$ [r > R]

Outside the shell

$F = \frac{G M}{r^{2}}$ [r > R]

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