Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 19 - Electric Charges, Forces, and Fields - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 685: 49

Answer

$3.5\ pC$

Work Step by Step

We know that $E=\frac{Kq}{r^2}+\frac{Kq}{r^2}$ $\implies E=\frac{2Kq}{r^2}$ This can be rearranged as: $q=\frac{r^2E}{2K}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $q=\frac{(\frac{1}{2}\times 0.075)^2(45)}{2(8.99\times 10^9)}=3.5\ pC$
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