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A negative charge of -6.0*10^-6 C exerts an attractive force of 65N on a second charge .050 m away. What is the magnitude of the second charge?

 Apr 15, 2014
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Coulomb's law says (1/4*pi*eps)*q*Q/r^2=F  where eps is the permittivity of free space (8.854*10^-12 farad/m) q is the charge on one source, Q is the charge on the other, r is the distance between them and F is the force.  This gives (1/4*pi*8.854*10^-12)(-6*10^-6)*Q/0.05^2=65

Q=65×0.052×4×π×8.854×10(12)(6×106)=Q=0.0000030133633134Coulombs or about -3*10-6C

 Apr 16, 2014

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