Question

A balloon rubbed against denim gains a charge of −7.0 µc. what is the electric force between the balloon and the denim when the two are separated by a distance of 3.0 cm? (assume that the charges are located at a point.) the value of the coulomb constant is 8.98755 × 109 n · m 2 /c 2 . include direction of the force. answer in units of n.

Answer 1

The solution for this problem is computed by through this formula, F = kQq / d²Plugging in the given values above, we can now compute for the answer.
F = 8.98755e9N·m²/C² * -(7e-6C)² / (0.03m)² = -489N, the negative sign denotes attraction.