Complete question:
if two point charges are separated by 1.5 cm and have charge values of +2.0 and -4.0 μC, respectively, what is the value of the mutual force between them.
Answer:
The mutual force between the two point charges is 319.64 N
Explanation:
Given;
distance between the two point charges, r = 1.5 cm = 1.5 x 10⁻² m
value of the charges, q₁ and q₂ = 2 μC and - μ4 C
Apply Coulomb's law;

where;
F is the force of attraction between the two charges
|q₁| and |q₂| are the magnitude of the two charges
r is the distance between the two charges
k is Coulomb's constant = 8.99 x 10⁹ Nm²/C²

Therefore, the mutual force between the two point charges is 319.64 N
To solve the problem it is necessary to use the concepts related to the calculation of periods by means of a spring constant.
We know that by Hooke's law

Where,
k = Spring constant
x = Displacement
Re-arrange to find k,




Perioricity in an elastic body is defined by

Where,
m = Mass
k = Spring constant


Therefore the period of the oscillations is 0.685s
The centripetal acceleration is 
Explanation:
For an object in uniform circular motion, the centripetal acceleration is given by

where
v is the speed of the object
r is the radius of the circle
The speed of the object is equal to the ratio between the length of the circumference (
) and the period of revolution (T), so it can be rewritten as

Therefore we can rewrite the acceleration as

For the particle in this problem,
r = 2.06 cm = 0.0206 m
While it makes 4 revolutions each second, so the period is

Substituting into the equation, we find the acceleration:

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