Two charged particles are a distance of 1.72 m from each other. One of the particles has a charge of 7.17 nC, and the other has a charge of 4.18 nC. (a). What is the magnitude (in N) of the electric force that one particle exerts on the other? n?   (b)Is the force attractive or repulsive attractive or  repulsive ?

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Two charged particles are a distance of 1.72 m from each other. One of the particles has a charge of 7.17 nC, and the other has a charge of 4.18 nC.

(a).
What is the magnitude (in N) of the electric force that one particle exerts on the other?

n?

 

(b)Is the force attractive or repulsive

attractive or  repulsive ?    

 

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