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SOLVING
ELECTRIC FORCE
AND CHARGES
USING
COULOMB’S LAW

Prepared by: S’ Julius S. Dela Cruz

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identify the
a. formula of b. differentiate
two charges
OBJECTIVES Coulomb’s Law
(CL)

c. use the formula d. calculate the

of CL in electric the problem
force using CL
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Example
1.

What is the elctrostatic force of attraction between a -6.0x10-6

C charge and a 4.0x10-6 C charge if they are separated by a
distance of 3 meters (m)?
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Example
2.

What is the elctrostatic force of repulsion between a two identical bearing ball with
a charge of -9.0x10-6 C charge and a -15.5 x10-6 C charge if they are separated by
a distance of 7 meters (m)?
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Example
3.

Two identically charhe one-peso coins are 1.5 m apart on a table. What is the
charge of one of the coins if each of them experiences a repulsive force of 2. 0 N?
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Example
4.

The force between two identical charges separated by 1 cm is equal to 90 N. What

is the magnitude of the two charges?
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THE SUPERPOSITION
PRINCIPLE
Consider for electric charges in a vacuum. Each
pair of charges will interact with each other. An
Electro static forces are exerted between these
charges as they interact. There are a total of 6
forces. In the described system of four electric
charges in a vacuum. As these forces are
vectors. You simply add them to get their
resultant force.
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THE SUPERPOSITION
PRINCIPLE
Recall from your previous Physics class that the
resultant force is the sum of all forces acting on
a body. This means that if you have two or
more forces applied on a body. The body will
experience the net effect of all the forces
applied. These additional forces applied on a
body is essentially an application of the
superposition principle.
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C0NVERSION
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THE SUPERPOSITION
PRINCIPLE
In the study of electric charges. The
superposition principle essentially
means that the overall effect are the
net effect of the presence of electric
charges in a given system is equal to
the individual effects of each pair of
charges in the system. In Figure 2.3
you can. Electrostatic forces are
added and resulted in a single
electrostatic force.
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