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Posted by brooke on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 8:01pm.

An alpha particle (charge = +2.0e) is sent at high speed toward a gold nucleus (charge = +79e). What is the electric force acting on the alpha particle when the alpha particle is 1.7 multiplied by 10-14 m from the gold nucleus?
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physics - bobpursley, Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 8:06pm
coulombs law...

F=kq1*q2/r^2

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