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Carrie
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Homework Statement
Two 1.00µC charged particles are located on the x axis. One is at x = 1.00 m, and the other is at x = -1.00 m.
Determine the electric field on the y axis at y = 0.400 m
Homework Equations
Electric Field = ke * q / r^2
3. The Attempt at a Solution
I know the x-components cancel out, so we're only left with the y-component.
E= 8.99*10^9 * (1*10^-6 C / (square root(1^2 + .400^2)) and then you have to take the y-component into account, so you multiply that by sin(.400/(square root(1^2 + .400^2))... and then multiply everything by 2 because there are two different charged particles. I'm getting an answer of 5625 N/C, but apparently the answer is 5760 N/C. [/B]