Imagine dragging your feet across a rug or carpet in your home. Your body picks up a net charge equal to $24$ trillion electrons. What is the electric force $($vector$!!!$ magnitude and direction$)$ on a positively charged paper clip that is $2$ cm right of your body? The paper clip has a charge equal to $523$ elementary charges and a mass of $2\mathrm{.}2$ grams, and you weigh $684$ Newton

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To find the electric force on the paper clip we can use Coulombs law which states that the magnitude ... View the full answer