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Engineering Mechanics: Statics | 13th Edition | ISBN: 9780132915540 | Authors: R. C. Hibbeler

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Two electrically charged pith balls, each having a mass of 0.2 g, are suspended from light threads of equal length. Determine the resultant horizontal force of repulsion, F, acting on each ball if the measured distance between them is r = 200 mm.

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QUESTION:

Two electrically charged pith balls, each having a mass of 0.2 g, are suspended from light threads of equal length. Determine the resultant horizontal force of repulsion, F, acting on each ball if the measured distance between them is r = 200 mm.

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Problem 3-8

Two electrically charged pith balls, each having a mass of 0.2 g, are suspended from light threads of equal length. Determine the resultant horizontal force of repulsion, F , acting on each ball if the measured distance between them is r = 200 mm.

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We will focus on one pith ball. We can pick either,but we focused on the right pith ball.Let us draw the free body diagram for the pith ball.

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