prove Coulomb's law in accordance with Newton's third law of motion
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Answer:
Coulomb's law states that: The magnitude of the electrostatic force of attraction or repulsion between two point charges is directly proportional to the product of the magnitudes of charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
Answer:
yes, coulomb's law in accordance with Newton's third law of motion
Explanation:
You have two charges Qa and Qb separated by a distance
The force on A due to B is F= k Qa Qb/r^2
The force on B due to A is F= k Qa Qb/r^2
So the two forces are of the same magnitude. Now these forces either attarct each other ( one + one -) or they both repel (like charges). Either way, the two forces are in opposite directions and are cancelling each other. (this is what newton's third law says)
Essential for Newtons 3rd Law : the two forces act on different objects/changes. The two forces are of the same type (electric).
credits : Peter Upton (copied from quora)
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