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True or False questions. Determine whether or not each of the following statements is true. If a statement is true, prove it. If the statement is false, provide a counterexample and explain how it constitutes a counterexample. Diagrams can be useful in explaining such things.
a) If the electric potential in a certain region of space is constant, then the charge enclosed by any closed surface completely contained within that region is zero.
b) A sphere of radius R is centered at the origin. A total charge Q is uniformly distributed throughout its interior. A ball of radius R/2 centered at the origin is carved out and discarded, leaving behind an empty cavity. The electric potential has the same value at every point inside the cavity
c) A sphere of radius R is centered at the origin. A total charge Q uniformly distributed throughout its interior. A ball of radius R/2 centered at the point (x,y,z) = (0, 0,R/4) is carved out and discarded, leaving behind an empty cavity. The electric potential has the same value at every point inside the cavity.