The electric field anywhere outside a charged conducting sphere is shown to be exactly equal to that produced by a point charge of equal total charge located at the center of the sphere. The field from a second sphere is likewise equal to that produced by a point charge located at its center. If the two spheres are concentric, the law of superposition may be used to show that the total field at any point outside both spheres is equal to that produced by the algebraic sum of the two equivalent point charges of both spheres. When the charges are equal and opposite, the sum will be exactly zero.