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Grade upto college level Electromagnetic Induction

A charge of 1.0 C is placed at the top of the your college building and another equal charge at the top of your house. Take the separation between the two charges to be 2.0 km. Find the force exerted by the charges on each other. How many times of your weight is this force?

Profile image of Amit Saxena
12 Years agoGrade upto college level
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Profile image of Navjyot Kalra
12 Years ago
Sol. q abse 1 = q base 2 = q = 1.0 C distance between = 2 km = 1 × 10^3 m so, force = kq base 1q base 2/r^2 F = (9 * 10^9) * 1 * 1/(2 * 10^3)^2 = 9 * 10^9/2^2 * 10^6 = 2,25 * 10^3 N The weight of body = mg = 40 * 10 N = 400 N So, wt of body/force between ch arg es = (2.25 * 10^3/4 * 10^2)^-1 = 1/5.6 So, force between charges = 5.6 weight of body.
Profile image of Apoorva Arora
12 Years ago
Force is given by
F=\frac{1}{4\pi \epsilon _{0}}\frac{q_{1}q_{2}}{r^{2}}
=9\times 10^{9}\times 1\times 1/(2000)^{2}=2250N
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Apoorva Arora
IIT Roorkee
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Profile image of Apoorva Arora
12 Years ago
Force is given by
Description: F=\frac{1}{4\pi \epsilon _{0}}\frac{q_{1}q_{2}}{r^{2}}
Description: =9\times 10^{9}\times 1\times 1/(2000)^{2}=2250N
Thanks and Regards
Apoorva Arora
IIT Roorkee
askIITians Faculty