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A2L Item 119

Goal: Reasoning with Coulomb’s Law

Source: UMPERG-A2LEM3

Three charges are positioned on the x-axis as shown. What is the
direction of the electrical force on the right-most charge?


Commentary:

Answer

(1) Students who forget to square the denominator in Coulomb’s law will answer (5).

This entry was posted in High School, Introductory Physics and tagged Electromagnetism, Forces on June 5, 2020 by Automated Transfer Script.

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