How does a Vector quantity differ from a scalar quantity?
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As the plastic sphere is charged, therefore it experience an electric force when placed in an electric fields and also experiences gravitational force acts downward so the electric force must act upward.
Let is electric force and
is gravitational force.
If these forces are balanced, therefore
or
Given, and
.
Substituting these values in above equation we get,
Thus, the magnitude of electric field is .
As the charge is negative, the electric field at the location of the plastic sphere must be pointing downward.