If a solid metal sphere and a hollow metal sphere of equal diameters are each given the same charge, the electric field ( ) midway between the sphere center and the surface is

A) greater for the solid sphere than for the hollow sphere.
B) greater for the hollow sphere than for the solid sphere.
C) zero for both.
D) equal in magnitude for both, but one is opposite in direction from the other.


C

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