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Course: High school physics - NGSS > Unit 2

Lesson 3: Coulomb's law
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High school physics - NGSS
Types of interactions
Coulomb's law
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Problem

The body of a bee carries a charge of −1×10−9C after flying through the air. The charge on the outside of a granule of pollen is 1×10−11C. The bee lands so that it is 8×10−3m from the granule of pollen.
Calculate the magnitude of the force between these two charged objects.
Write your answer in scientific notation using one significant figure.
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