A small spherical insulator of mass 3.05 x 102 kg and charge +0.600 μC is hung by a thin wire of negligible mass. A charge of -0.900 pc is held 0.150 m away from the sphere and directly to the right of it, so the wire makes an angle 0 with the vertical (see the drawing). Find (a) the angle and (b) the tension in the wire.

A small spherical insulator of mass 3.05 x 102 kg and charge +0.600 μC is hung by a thin wire of negligible mass. A charge of -0.900 pc is held 0.150 m away from the sphere and directly to the right of it, so the wire makes an angle 0 with the vertical (see the drawing). Find (a) the angle and (b) the tension in the wire.

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