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Calculating Coulomb force

ldarko210
in Classical Physics

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I had this info:

q1 at origin

q2 at coordinates (x2,y2,z2)

q3 at coordinates (x3,y3,z3)

 

I had to calculate the force exerted on q1.

 

So I calculated the distances of q2 and q3 from q1.

Then I calculated intensities of electric fields of q2 and q3 at origin (using calculated distances).

Than I calculated resultant intensity (by adding separate intensities).

Finally, I multiplied charge q1 by resultant electric field to obtain the force.

 

So, was this correct? I'm pretty sure it was, but I'm checking.

I had this info:

q1 at origin

q2 at coordinates (x2,y2,z2)

q3 at coordinates (x3,y3,z3)

 

I had to calculate the force exerted on q1.

 

So I calculated the distances of q2 and q3 from q1.

Then I calculated intensities of electric fields of q2 and q3 at origin (using calculated distances).

Than I calculated resultant intensity (by adding separate intensities).

Finally, I multiplied charge q1 by resultant electric field to obtain the force.

 

So, was this correct? I'm pretty sure it was, but I'm checking.

Did you take into account that the forces are vectors?

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