What must be the distance between point charge q1 = 20μC and point charge q2 = −40μCfor the electrostatic force between them to have a magnitude of 10N?
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Expert's answer
2021-04-19T17:06:08-0400
The distance can be found from Coulomb's law F=kr2q1q2.
From the last formula, r=Fkq1q2=10N9⋅109C2Nm2⋅20⋅10−6C⋅40⋅10−6C≈0.85m
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