Two charged particles are a distance of 1.82 m from each other. One of the particles has a charge of 7.17 nC, and the other has a charge of 4.58 nC.
(a)
What is the magnitude (in N) of the electric force that one particle exerts on the other?
(b)
Is the force attractive or repulsive?
attractive
repulsive
Answer:In this case, the force is attractive because the particles have opposite charges: one has a positive charge (7.17 nC) and the other has a negative charge (4.58 nC).