When static equilibrium is established for a charged conductor, the electric field just inside the surface of the conductor is
A)
opposite to the field outside.
B)
equal to the perpendicular component of the field outside.
C)
equal to the field outside.
D)
zero.
E)
cannot be determined.
D
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