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?
A2L Item 119
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Answer
(1) Students who forget to square the denominator in Coulomb’s law will answer (5).