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Hi, I'm having a problem with an exercise question on min and max electrical force.
I think that I went the wrong way in figuring this out since it's asking the max magnitude exterted on each other rather than a single point. I asumme that this question requires some calculus. Can anyone give me insight on how to figure this out?
Thank you.
I thought before that for the maximum magnitude, one of the points would have to be 'e' (fundamental unit of charge) and the other to be [tex]Q - e[/tex], since there would be an extreme amount of force exerted on the smaller force. For the minimum magnitude, thought both points would be [tex]\frac{Q}{2}[/tex]. Does this make any sense?Two positive pointlike charges are a fixed distance r apart. The total charges of the pair is Q.
a) What is the charge on each such that the electrical force they exert on each other is of maximum magnitude?
b) " of minimum magnitude?
I think that I went the wrong way in figuring this out since it's asking the max magnitude exterted on each other rather than a single point. I asumme that this question requires some calculus. Can anyone give me insight on how to figure this out?
Thank you.