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My friend bought a new chair for the living room. He says I sit in it with too much force and claims I basically free fall into the chair (padded chair, like a one person loveseat) and we tried to calculate the pounds per second against the chair but I don't know much about material science and...

heh well like i said it's been awhile, I kept thinking since they attracted the force would be negative. Thanks a lot though, guess i just needed a second pair of eyes

Homework Statement A particle of charge of +4.20 x 10^-6 C is 12.0 cm distant from a second particle of charge of -1.70 x 10^-6 C. Calculate the magnitude of the electrostatic force between the particles. Homework Equations Coulombs law is F = (K*Q1*Q2) / R^2 where k = 8.99*10^9, q1...