Two identical balls of  are suspended from threads of length  and carry equal charges as shown in the figure. Each ball is  from the centerline. Assume that the angle  is so small that its tangent can be replaced by its sine. This is called the small angle approximation and means that for small angles . Find the magnitude of charge on one of the balls.

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Two identical balls of  are suspended from threads of length  and carry equal charges as shown in the figure. Each ball is  from the centerline. Assume that the angle  is so small that its tangent can be replaced by its sine. This is called the small angle approximation and means that for small angles . Find the magnitude of charge on one of the balls.

I have gotten both 1.995E-7 and 6.307E-7 and they are wrong

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That is the equation I used and I am still getting 6.307E-7 C, which is wrong.

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