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Two charged objects exert equal but opposite forces on one another. Why don't these forces cancel, leaving zero total force on the objects?
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This means that if object A exerts a force on object B, then object B will exert an equal but opposite force on object A. We can represent this as: \[ F_{AB} = -F_{BA} \] Show more…
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