Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
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Chapter 19 - Electric Charges, Forces, and Fields - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 688: 95

Answer

$0.254m$

Work Step by Step

We can find the required distance $d$ as follows: $\Sigma F_x=-Kx+\frac{KQq}{(d-x)^2}=0$ This simplifies to: $d-x=\pm\sqrt{\frac{KQq}{Kx}}$ $\implies d=x\pm\sqrt{\frac{KQq}{Kx}}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $d=0.124\pm\sqrt{\frac{(8.99\times 10^9)(8.55\times 10^{-6})(2.44\times 10^{-6})}{89.2}(0.124)}$ $d=0.254m$ or $-0.006m$ Given that $d\gt0$, $-0.006m$ is not possible. Thus $d=0.254m$
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