How Do Two Charged Beads Interact in Motion?

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Homework Statement


Two charged beads, Q1 and Q2, are placed on a long frictionless (insulating) rod. Initially they are very far apart; the bead Q2 is glued in place and does not move. Both beads have mass 10g and carry charge 2uC. Q1 is set in motion at a velocity v= 10 m/s towards Q2.

A) How close does Q1 get to Q2 before reversing its direction of motion?

B) What is the maximum force exerted on charge Q1?


Homework Equations



This is kinda how the diagram that goes with it looks like:

<-------*-----------------------------------------*-------------------->


In which the first asterix is Q1 -->
and the second asterix is the fixed Q2


The Attempt at a Solution



I don't know where to start. Don't i need to know how far apart they are in order to find out how close Q1 will get? Ugh.
 
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