Modified Mastering Physics with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for College Physics: A Strategic Approach (4th Edition)

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Author: Randall D. Knight (Professor Emeritus), Brian Jones, Stuart Field

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Chapter 20, Problem 67GP

A 4.0 mg bead with a charge of 2.5 nC rests on a table. A second bead, with a charge of –5.6 nC, is directly above the first bead and is slowly lowered toward it. What is the closest the centers of the two beads can be brought together before the lower bead is lifted off the table?

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