How do you take Coulomb's law and put it into the form y = mx + b?
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To put this equation into the form $y = mx + b$, we need to identify which variables correspond to $y$, $m$, $x$, and $b$. Let's consider the force $F$ as $y$, the distance $r$ as $x$, and the rest of the equation as $m$ and $b$. Show more…
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