Answer to Question #159350 in Electricity and Magnetism for v.harish thangaraja

Question

If two charges of magnitudes 2c and 5c are located at free space between 10 metres with the constant k=20 metre/farad, then the force between the charges will be

Answer 1

$F=k\frac{q_1q_2}{r^2}=9\cdot10^9\cdot\frac{2\cdot5}{10^2}=9\cdot10^{8}\ (N)$