The Physics of Everyday Phenomena
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ISBN: 9780073513904
Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 12, Problem 5E
To determine
The magnitude of the electrostatic force if the distance between the charges is increased to thrice of the original distance.
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