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We went over Coulomb's law today, which can be stated as
(1/ε0)(1/(4πr2))(|q1q2|)
This equation is very similar to Newton's law of gravitation, but it contains 1/4pir^2. This makes sense, because the electric force is being diluted over the surface of a sphere.
Is 1/(4πr2) built into G as well?
(1/ε0)(1/(4πr2))(|q1q2|)
This equation is very similar to Newton's law of gravitation, but it contains 1/4pir^2. This makes sense, because the electric force is being diluted over the surface of a sphere.
Is 1/(4πr2) built into G as well?