Activity Number 1

Coulomb’s Law

Name:_________________________________________________________
Direction: Compute quantities that concerns Coulomb’s law. Show your solution and box your final
answer. Do not forget to include the units.

1. A charge of 15.5 mC is placed 12.8 cm from the second charge. If the force between the charges is
22.5 N, what is the magnitude of the second charge?

2. Two negative charges that are both – 0.5 mC push each other with a force of 15 N. How far apart
are the two charges?

3. Particles of charge +65, +48 and -95mC are placed in a line as shown in the figure below. The
center one is 0.35 m from each of the others. Calculate the net force on each charge due to the
other two.

4. Three positive particles of equal charge, + 17.0 mC, are located at the corners of an equilateral
triangle of side 15.0 cm. Calculate the magnitude and direction of the net force on each particle
due to the other two.
 5. A negative charge of - 2.0 C and a positive charge of 3.0 C are separated by 80 m. What is the
force between the two charges?

6. A negative charge of - 0.0005 C exerts an attractive force of 9.0 N on a second charge that is 10
m away. What is the magnitude of the second charge?

7. Two negative charges that are both - 3.0 C push each other apart with a force of 19.2 N. How far
apart are the two charges?

8. A negative charge of - 4.0 x 10 C and a positive charge of 7.0 x 10 C are separated by 0.15 m. -5 -
5 What is the force between the two charges?

Circle the letter of the correct answer.

9. Which of the following represents the relationship between the charges and the force between the
charge particles?
a. They are inversely proportional to one another
b. They are directly proportional to one another
c. One of the charges is directly proportional to the force
d. None of the above
10. Which of the following represents how the charges affect the forces?
a. Charges of the same sign lead to attractive forces.
b. Charges with opposite signs lead to repulsive forces
c. Charges with the same sign lead to repulsive forces
d. Both a and b