Calculate the force experienced by a positive test charge of 8.1 × 10-9 coulombs if the electric field strength is 9.4 × 107 new

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Oduvanchick [21]

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Calculate the force experienced by a positive test charge of 8.1 × 10-9 coulombs if the electric field strength is 9.4 × 107 new

tons/coulomb.

Physics

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luda_lava [24] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-05T21:45:51+03:00

We can answer this problem by dimensional analysis. As we can see, the units of the electric field strength is newtons per coulomb. If we multiply a value with units of coulomb we will obtain newtons which is a units of force.

Force = 9.4x10^7 N / C (8.1 x10^-9 C)
Force = 0.7614 N