"The electrostatic force $F_{E}$ between two point charges $q_{1}$ and $q_{2}$ is proportional to the product of the charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance $d$ that separates them, and has the direction of the line that joins them".

Mathematically this law is written as:

$F_{E}=K\frac{q_{1}.q_{2}}{d^{2}}$

Where:

$F_{E}$ is the electrostatic force

$K=8.99(10)^{9} Nm^{2}/C^{2}$ is the Coulomb's constant

$q_{1}=5.8 C$ and $q_{2}=6.4 C$ are the electric charges

$d=80 cm \frac{1 m}{100 cm}=0.8 m$ is the separation distance between the charges

Solving:

$F_{E}=8.99(10)^{9} Nm^{2}/C^{2}\frac{(5.8 C)(6.4 C)}{(0.8 m)^{2}}$

$F_{E}=5.214(10)^{11} N$

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3 years ago

A person struggles very hard to lift a large boulder. He puts in so much effort, he starts to sweat, his heart rate increases, a

Lesechka [4]

No, he did not perform any work. Work is when you’re using energy which results in a force. Even though he was tired and sweaty, he did not move the boulder. So therefore he did not perform any work.

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3 years ago