Two charged spheres are 8.45 cm apart


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Two charged spheres are 8.45 cm apart. They are moved, and the force on each of them is found to have been tripled. How far apart are they now?

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Force between two charges is given by

F = \frac{kq_1q_2}{r^2}

here force is inversely depends on the square of the distance

so here if distance is decreased the force will increase'

now if force is tripled

\frac{3F}{F} = \frac{r^2}{r'^2}

initially distance between charges was 8.45 cm

3 = \frac{8.45^2}{r'^2}

r' = \frac{8.45}{\sqrt3}

r' = 4.88 cm

so the distance between charges is 4.88 cm now


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