Problem 22.12: Charge on a tabletop
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A charged ball of mass 100 grams is placed on a frictionless tabletop with a second charge fixed underneath. Play the animation and observe the motion. You may drag the charged ball to any position before beginning the animation. Restart.
If the charge of the fixed charge (beneath the table) is negative 2 μC, determine the value of the charge on the ball. (Show hint.)
Physlets were developed at Davidson College and converted from Java to JavaScript using the SwingJS system developed at St. Olaf College.
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