A small plastic ball of mass 8.68 × 10-3 kg and charge +0.155 μC is suspended from an insulating thread and hangs between the plates of a capacitor (see the drawing). The ball is in equilibrium, with the thread making an angle of 30.0° with respect to the vertical. The area of each plate is 0.02231 m². What is the magnitude of the charge on each plate? ++++++ 30.0 ^ ^ ^

A small plastic ball of mass 8.68 × 10-3 kg and charge +0.155 μC is suspended from an insulating thread and hangs between the plates of a capacitor (see the drawing). The ball is in equilibrium, with the thread making an angle of 30.0° with respect to the vertical. The area of each plate is 0.02231 m². What is the magnitude of the charge on each plate? ++++++ 30.0 ^ ^ ^

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