Question

3. What is the electrical force between two balloons, each having 0.00005 C of charge, that are 5 m apart?

Answer 1

0.9 N

Explanation:

Given:

Charges (q1 and q2) = 0.00005 C

Distance (d) = 5 m

We use Coulomb's law to calculate the electric force between the charges:

`F=k\cdot(q_1\cdot q_2)/(d^2)`

We substitute each value and obtain the electric force, like this:

`\begin{gathered} F=9\cdot10^9\cdot((0.00005)(0.00005))/(5^2) \\ \\ F=0.9\text{ N} \end{gathered}`

The force between both forces is 0.9 N