The way charges attract or repel each other can be described as a force. A charge can exert a push or pull on another charge depending on if the charges are positive or negative. How much force they exert can be figured out using Coulomb’s Law of Electric Force, which is:



where  C = 8.99 x 109 Nm2/C2


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