Q 1.2) The electrostatic force on a small sphere of charge 0.4 µC due to another small sphere of charge –0.8 µC in the air is 0.2 N.(a) What is the distance between the two spheres?(b) What is the force on the second sphere due to the first?
(a) Electrostatic force on the first sphere, F = 0.2 N
Charge on this sphere,
Charge on the second sphere,
The electrostatic force between the spheres is given by the relation
Where, = Permittivity of free space and
Therefore.
The distance between the two spheres is 0.12 m.
(b) Both the spheres attract each other with the same force. Therefore, the force on the second sphere due to the first is 0.2 N.
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