This simulation depicts five unknown charges along with vectors representing the net forces on each. The user may click and drag any charge to change its position. Students are asked to determine which charges have like signs.
This page is part of a collection of Java applets with tutorial questions. See Related items on this page for more simulations on electrostatics, plus a link to the author's full collection of introductory physics applets.
<a href="https://www.compadre.org/introphys/items/detail.cfm?ID=7579">Forinash, Kyle. Indiana University Southeast Physics Applets: Electrostatics Simulation B - Five Unknown Charges. August 17, 2007.</a>
K. Forinash, Indiana University Southeast Physics Applets: Electrostatics Simulation B - Five Unknown Charges (2001), <https://kforinas.pages.iu.edu/physlets/electrostatics/electroB.html>.
Forinash, K. (2007, August 17). Indiana University Southeast Physics Applets: Electrostatics Simulation B - Five Unknown Charges. Retrieved December 8, 2024, from https://kforinas.pages.iu.edu/physlets/electrostatics/electroB.html
Forinash, Kyle. Indiana University Southeast Physics Applets: Electrostatics Simulation B - Five Unknown Charges. August 17, 2007. https://kforinas.pages.iu.edu/physlets/electrostatics/electroB.html (accessed 8 December 2024).
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