A charge of −5C is at (1,3) and a charge of 1C 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