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Ch 22: Electric Charges and Forces
Knight Calc - Physics for Scientists and Engineers 5th Edition
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Capitolo 22, Problema 47

What is the force F on the 1.0 nC charge at the bottom in FIGURE P22.47? Give your answer in component form.

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Step 1: Identify the charges and their positions in FIGURE P22.47. Note the magnitudes of the charges, their coordinates, and the distances between them. The charge at the bottom is 1.0 nC, and we need to calculate the net force acting on it due to other charges in the system.
Step 2: Use Coulomb's law to calculate the force between two point charges. Coulomb's law is given by: F=kqq'r2, where k is the Coulomb constant (8.99×109⁢ N·m²/C²), q and q' are the charges, and r is the distance between them.
Step 3: Break the forces into components. For each pair of charges, calculate the x and y components of the force using trigonometry. The x-component is given by F×cos(θ), and the y-component is given by F×sin(θ), where θ is the angle between the force vector and the horizontal axis.
Step 4: Sum up the components of the forces from all charges acting on the 1.0 nC charge. Add the x-components together to find the net force in the x-direction, and add the y-components together to find the net force in the y-direction.
Step 5: Express the net force in component form as (Fx,Fy), where Fx and Fy are the net forces in the x and y directions, respectively.

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