Solution:
Solution
Let 'r' be the radius of each ball, 'd' be the separation between the balls and 'L' be the distance from the large conducting sphere to each of the small balls.
When we connect the large sphere to the first ball, their potentials become equal:
$$\cfrac{1}{4\,\pi\,{{\varepsilon }_{\text{o}}}}\left( \cfrac{\text{Q}}{L}\,\,+\,\,\cfrac{{{\text{q}}_{1}}}{\text{r}} \right) = V$$
$$\cfrac{\text{Q}}{L}\,\,+\,\,\cfrac{{{\text{q}}_{1}}}{\text{r}}= B$$ ... (1)
Here Q is the charge of the large sphere, and V is its potential. We assume that the charge and the potential of the large sphere changes insignificantly in each charging of the balls.
If the large sphere is connected to the second ball, then again potentials of the large sphere and the second ball should be equal
$$\cfrac{1}{4\,\pi\,{{\varepsilon }_{\text{o}}}} \left( \cfrac{\text{Q}}{L}\,\,\,+\,\,\,\cfrac{{{\text{q}}_{1}}}{\text{d}}\,\,\,+\,\,\,\cfrac{{{\text{q}}_{2}}}{\text{r}} \right)= V$$
$$\cfrac{\text{Q}}{L}\,\,\,+\,\,\,\cfrac{{{\text{q}}_{1}}}{\text{d}}\,\,\,+\,\,\,\cfrac{{{\text{q}}_{2}}}{\text{r}}$$= B ... (2)
Similarly, when the large sphere is connected to the third ball
$$\cfrac{1}{4\,\pi\,{{\varepsilon }_{\text{o}}}} \left( \cfrac{\text{Q}}{L}\,\,\,+\,\,\,\cfrac{{{\text{q}}_{1}}}{\text{d}}\,\,\,+\,\,\,\cfrac{{{\text{q}}_{2}}}{\text{d}}\,\,\,+\,\,\,\cfrac{{{\text{q}}_{3}}}{\text{r}} \right)$$= V
$$\cfrac{\text{Q}}{L}\,\,\,+\,\,\,\cfrac{{{\text{q}}_{1}}}{\text{d}}\,\,\,+\,\,\,\cfrac{{{\text{q}}_{2}}}{\text{d}}\,\,\,+\,\,\,\cfrac{{{\text{q}}_{3}}}{\text{r}}$$ =B
Eq (3) - Eq (2)
$$\left( \,\cfrac{{{\text{q}}_{2}}}{\text{d}}\,\,\,+\,\,\,\cfrac{{{\text{q}}_{3}}}{\text{r}} \right) - \left( \cfrac{{{\text{q}}_{2}}}{\text{r}} \right) = 0$$
$$\cfrac{{{\text{q}}_{\text{3}}}}{\text{r}}\,\,\,\,=\,\,\,\,{{\text{q}}_{2}}\,\,\left( \,\cfrac{1}{\text{r}}\,\,\,-\,\,\,\cfrac{1}{\text{d}} \right)$$ ... (4)
Eq (2) - Eq (1)
$$\left( \,\cfrac{{{\text{q}}_{1}}}{\text{d}}\,\,\,+\,\,\,\cfrac{{{\text{q}}_{2}}}{\text{r}} \right) - \left( \cfrac{{{\text{q}}_{1}}}{\text{r}} \right)= 0$$
$$\cfrac{{{\text{q}}_{2}}}{\text{r}}\,\,\,\,=\,\,\,\,{{\text{q}}_{1}}\,\,\left( \,\cfrac{1}{\text{r}}\,\,\,-\,\,\,\cfrac{1}{\text{d}} \right)$$ ... (5)
Dividing eq (4) by eq (5)
$$\cfrac{{{\text{q}}_{3}}}{{{\text{q}}_{2}}}\,\,\,\,=\,\,\,\,\cfrac{{{\text{q}}_{2}}}{{{\text{q}}_{1}}}$$
q3 =$$\cfrac{\text{q}_{2}^{2}}{{{\text{q}}_{1}}}$$