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 Jackman2013
Jun 30, 2013, 12:32 AM
What is the repulsive force between two pith balls that are 8 cm apart and have equal charges of -30 nC?
 Jackman2013
Jun 30, 2013, 12:36 AM
Common static electricity involves charges ranging from nanocoulombs to microcoulombs. How many electrons are needed to form a charge of -2.00 nC?
 ebaines
Jul 1, 2013, 11:56 AM
For (1) apply Coulomb's Law:
 
 F = k \frac {q_1q_2}{r^2}
 
For your second question the charge of one electron is approximately 1.602 x 10^(-19) coulomb's.   So 1 coulombs is the charge of 1/(1.69 x 10^(-19) ) electrons.  Can you finish the problem from here?