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Thanks for all your help! It was me trying to put too much info into my calculator at once. If I break it up figure out the top then figure the bottom and divide I get the right answer except mine is negative. Thanks again!

The answer that I get is -1.22 x 10-18 C. When I worked the question I had squared the radius.

Yes it is sorry I corrected my work above! Thanks!

Homework Statement When a -9.0 micro-coulomb charge is placed 0.12 cm from a charge q in a vacuum, the force between the 2 charges is 850 N. What is the value of q? Homework Equations F = kq1q2/r2 The Attempt at a Solution q2 = Fr2/kq1 q2 = (850 N)(0.0012 m2)/(9.00 x 109...