A thin spherical conducting shell of radius $R$ has a charge $q$ . Another charge $Q$ is placed at the centre of the shell. The electrostatic potential at a point $P$ at a distance $R/2$ from the centre of the shell is
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$V_{p}=V_{Q}+V_{q}$

$ = \frac{{kQ}}{{R/2}} + \frac{{kq}}{R} = \frac{{2Q}}{{4\pi { \in _0}R}} + \frac{q}{{4\pi { \in _0}R}}$

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