Two metal balls A and B of negligible radius are floating at rest on Space Station Freedom between two metal bulkheads, connected by a taut nonconducting thread of length 2.00m. Ball A carries charge q, and ball B carries charge 2q. Each ball is 1.00m away from a bulkhead.
(a) If the tension in the string is 2.50 N, what is the magnitude of q?
(b) What happens to the system as time passes? Explain.
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