Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
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ISBN: 9781259587399
Author: Eugene Hecht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 24, Problem 20SP
What should be the separation in vacuum between two tiny spheres uniformly carrying charges of 10.0 nC and 20.0 nC if the force they exert on each other is to be 10.0 N?
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Ch. 24 - 24.17 [I] Imagine two separated tiny interacting...Ch. 24 - 24.18 [I] Imagine two separated tiny interacting...Ch. 24 - 24.19 [I] What is the electrostatic force acting...Ch. 24 - 24.20 [I] What should be the separation in vacuum...Ch. 24 - 24.21 [I] Compute the force on each of two...Ch. 24 - Prob. 22SPCh. 24 - 24.23 [I] Two very small charges, each of , are...Ch. 24 - 24. How many electrons are contained in 1.0 C of...Ch. 24 - 25. If two equal point charges, each of 1 C, were...Ch. 24 - 26. Determine the force between two free electrons...
Ch. 24 - 27. What is the force of repulsion between two...Ch. 24 - 28. Two equally charged small balls are 3 cm apart...Ch. 24 - 24.29 [II] Three point charges are placed at the...Ch. 24 - 24.30 [II] Four equal point charges of are placed...Ch. 24 - 24.31 [II] Four equal-magnitude point charges are...Ch. 24 - 24.32 [II] Charges of +2.0, +3.0, and are placed...Ch. 24 - 24.33 [II] One charge of is placed in air at...Ch. 24 - 24.34 [II] Two identical tiny metal balls carry...Ch. 24 - 24.35 [II] A charge of +6.0 experiences a force...Ch. 24 - 24.36 [I] A point charge of is placed at the...Ch. 24 - 24.37 [I] Determine the magnitude of the electric...Ch. 24 - 24.38 [I] A small conducting sphere carries a...Ch. 24 - 24.39 [I] Calculate the magnitude and direction of...Ch. 24 - 24.40 [I] Two +400-nC point charges are in vacuum...Ch. 24 - 24.41 [I] Two point charges, one +400.0 nC and the...Ch. 24 - 24.42 [III] Four equal-magnitude (4.0 ) charges in...Ch. 24 - 24.43 [II] A 0.200-g ball in air hangs from a...Ch. 24 - 24.44 [II] Determine the acceleration of a proton ...Ch. 24 - 24.45 [II] A small, 0.60-g ball in air carries a...Ch. 24 - 24.46 [III] The tiny sphere at the end of the...Ch. 24 - 24.47 [III] An electron is projected out along...Ch. 24 - 24.48 [III] A particle of mass m and charge −e...
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