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I also tried using the fundamental charge of 1.6*10^-19, but that proved to be ineffective as well, i did convert it to micro-coulombs

Homework Statement Referring to the figure, suppose q_2 is not known. Instead, it is given that q_1+q_2=-1.0. The figure is q1 q2 q3 all lined up in a row with q2 being negative and q1 and q3 being positive as the electric field lines from both q1 and q3 point towards the negatively charged...

I just got it man, thank you!

i'm not sure we were given a second equation in lecture...maybe that's why I am not understanding haha

I realize i should post my work that I've done already...well i decided that both q1 and q2 cannot be equal since all other info would be irrelevant..i tried using the fundamental charge, 1.6*10^-19 as the value for q1 but that doesn't seem to fit, I've been on this problem for about an hour now...

the equation used is coulombs law; f= k *q1*q2/ r squared

A system consists of two positive point charges, q_1 and q_2 > q_1. The total charge of the system is 64.0 \mu C, and elec each charge experiences antrostatic force of magnitude 76.0 N when the separation between them is 0.270 {\rm m}. Im having a little trouble determining q1, it must be...