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What is the charge on a small sphere that is attracted to another sphere having charge
Interpretation:
The charge on a small sphere that is attracted to another sphere is to be calculated.
Concept introduction:
The force of attraction between two charged particles is directly proportional to the product of their charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. The formula for determining force of attraction is given below.
In the above equation,
Answer to Problem 8.1E
The charge on a small sphere that is attracted to another sphere is
Explanation of Solution
For calculation of charge on one sphere, the above equation can be written as given below.
On substitution of the values in above equation, charge on one sphere obtained is given below.
The charge calculated on one sphere that is attracted to another sphere is
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