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We have a question about finding the electrostatic force acting on a particle from another particle. They are colinear since there is only the 2 particles, but not along an axis.
My question is, why does finding the force in the x direction and finding the force in the why direction, then doing
√(Fx2 + Fy2) not give me the same answer as if I did
kq1q2/ [(y2-y1)2 + (x2-x1)2]?
I'm new to typing on here also so I'm not quite sure about complete formatting yet.
My question is, why does finding the force in the x direction and finding the force in the why direction, then doing
√(Fx2 + Fy2) not give me the same answer as if I did
kq1q2/ [(y2-y1)2 + (x2-x1)2]?
I'm new to typing on here also so I'm not quite sure about complete formatting yet.