Two equally charged particles, held 4.8 x 103 m apart, are released from rest. The initial acceleration of the first particle is observed tobe 5.9 m/s2 and that of the second to be 11 m/s2. If the mass of the first particle is 6.3 x 10/ kg, what are (a) the mass of the secondparticle and (b) the magnitude of the charge of each particle?

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Two equally charged particles, held 4.8 x 10-3 m apart, are released from rest. The initial acceleration of the first particle is observed to be 5.9 m/s? and that of the second to be 11 m/s². If the mass of the first particle is 6.3 × 107 kg, what are (a) the mass of the second particle and (b) the magnitude of the charge of each particle?

Two equally charged particles, held 4.8 x 10-3 m apart, are released from rest. The initial acceleration of the first particle is observed to be 5.9 m/s? and that of the second to be 11 m/s². If the mass of the first particle is 6.3 × 107 kg, what are (a) the mass of the second particle and (b) the magnitude of the charge of each particle?

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