Two charged particles are a distance of 1.72 m from each other. One of the particles has a charge of 7.94 nC, and the other has a charge of 4.34 nC. (a) What is the magnitude (in N) of the electric force that one particle exerts on the other? 9.2e-8    1.05e-07 What law gives the magnitude of the force between two charged particles? What units should the charges be in to get a force in units of newtons? N (b) Is the force attractive or repulsive?

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Two charged particles are a distance of 1.72 m from each other. One of the particles has a charge of 7.94 nC, and the other has a charge of 4.34 nC.
(a)
What is the magnitude (in N) of the electric force that one particle exerts on the other?
9.2e-8   

1.05e-07


What law gives the magnitude of the force between two charged particles? What units should the charges be in to get a force in units of newtons? N
(b)
Is the force attractive or repulsive?
attractive repulsive    
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