What is the tension supporting one ball?

Joshua May · May 14, 2016

Homework Statement

Two identical conducting balls, b1 and b2, each with a mass of 25.0g
both are hanging at 50.0cm at an angle of 45Degrees from the vertical each.

Fg = mg
Fe = kq/r^2
Ft = ?

I made a free body diagram and am confused on what to do next... I attempted trigonometry but I get the wrong answer...

mfb · May 14, 2016

Joshua May said:

I attempted trigonometry but I get the wrong answer...

What do you get as answer, what do you want to get?

We can't tell what went wrong if you do not show what you did.

Nidum · May 14, 2016

Edit / Redundant post .