Question

Place the left charge at the 2 cm position and the right one at the 4 cm position. Vary the left and right charge to the values provided below and record the resulting forces.

Left Charge Righ Charge Resulting force(N)
1μC 4μC
4μC 1μC
2μC 2μC
1μC 2μC
1μC 8μC
2μC 8μC

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Force between two charges can be expressed as follows

F = k q₁ q₂ / d²

q₁ and q₂ are two charges , d is distance between them , k is a constant whose value is 9 x 10⁹

distance between charges is fixed which is 4 -2 = 2 cm = 2 x 10⁻² m

force between 1μC and 4μC

= 9 x 10⁹ x 1 x 4 x 10⁻¹² / ( 2 x 10⁻² )²

= 9 x 10 = 90 N

force between 4μC and 1μC

= 9 x 10⁹ x 4 x 1 x 10⁻¹² / ( 2 x 10⁻² )²

= 9 x 10 = 90 N

force between 2μC and 2μC

= 9 x 10⁹ x 2 x 2 x 10⁻¹² / ( 2 x 10⁻² )²

= 9 x 10 = 90 N

force between 1μC and 2μC

= 9 x 10⁹ x 1 x 2 x 10⁻¹² / ( 2 x 10⁻² )²

= 4.5 x 10 = 45 N

force between 1μC and 8μC

= 9 x 10⁹ x 1 x 8 x 10⁻¹² / ( 2 x 10⁻² )²

= 18 x 10 = 180 N

force between 2μC and 8μC

= 9 x 10⁹ x 1 x 8 x 10⁻¹² / ( 2 x 10⁻² )²

= 36 x 10 = 360 N

Left Charge Right Charge Resulting force(N)

1μC 4μC 90 N

4μC 1μC 90 N

2μC 2μC 90 N

1μC 2μC 45 N

1μC 8μC 180 N

2μC 8μC 360 N