A charge of #-5 C# is at #(1, 3 )# and a charge of #1 C# is at #(8,4 ) #. If both coordinates are in meters, what is the force between the charges?
1 Answer
Mar 7, 2018
Explanation:
You first want to use the coordinates to calculate a distance between the charges.
The distance between the two charges is
This will be your radius when calculating for the electric force. The formula for the electric force is
where