A charge of #2 C# is at #(-3 ,7)# and a charge of #-1 C# is at #( -3 ,5 )#. If both coordinates are in meters, what is the force between the charges?
1 Answer
Jun 7, 2017
Explanation:
We're asked to find the electric force acting between two point charges.
To find the magnitude of the force
where
#k# is the Coulomb's law constant, equal to
#8.988 xx 10^9 ("N" · "m"^2)/("C"^2)#
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#q_1# and#q_2# are the two point charges (in#"C"# ), in any order -
#r# is the distance (in#"m"# ) between the two charges
to find this, we simply find the distance between the two given coordinates:
#r = sqrt((-3 - -3)^2 + (7-5)^2) = color(red)(2# #color(red)("m"#
Plugging in our known values, we have