The net electrostatic force on the q2 is 2.7N owards left
The equation for electrostatic force is
[tex]F= k\frac{q_{1}q_{2} }{r^{2} }[/tex]
where k = [tex]9*10^{9} Nm^{2}/C^{2}[/tex] and r is the distance separating charges q1 and q2.
the force has to be calculated on a charge q2 = -5.0 ×[tex]10^{-6}[/tex] C by the charges q1= -5.0 ×[tex]10^{-6}[/tex] C and q3= -5.0 ×[tex]10^{-6}[/tex] C
distance between q1 and q2 is 0.5 m = 5×[tex]10^{-1}[/tex]m
distance between q2 and q3 is 0.25 m = 25×[tex]10^{-2}[/tex]m
force due to charge q1
[tex]F_{1}[/tex] = 9×[tex]10^{9}[/tex]×(-5)×(-5)×[tex]10^{-12}[/tex]/25×[tex]10^{-2}[/tex] N = +0.9N = 0.9N towards right
[tex]F_{2}[/tex] = 9×[tex]10^{9}[/tex]×(-50)×(-4)×[tex]10^{-12}[/tex]/625×[tex]10^{-4}[/tex] N = -3.6N = 3.6N towards left
hence net force F = [tex]F_{1}+F_{2}[/tex]
= 0.9N - 3.6N = -2.7N
F = 2.7 N towards left
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