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It is 15 km from downtown bozeman, Montana, to the Ridge, atop the Bridger bowl Ski area. If 1 C positive charge is placed on the top the ridge and a 1C positive charge is place atop the Baxter hotel in downtown Bozeman, what will be the force of repulsion between the two charges?
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