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Two aluminum soda cans are charged and repel each other, hanging motionless at an angle. Which of the forces on the left can has the greatest magnitude?
Fe
T
mg
same
impossible to tell
Two aluminum soda cans are charged and repel each other, hanging motionless at an angle. Which of the forces on the left can has the greatest magnitude?
Fe
T
mg
same
impossible to tell
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Assuming that the can is motionless, we can then assume that the vertical component of T = mg and that Fe = the horizontal component of T.
Since T itself is larger than it's vertical or horizontal components separately, then T is greater than all the forces listed.
Since T itself is larger than it's vertical or horizontal components separately, then T is greater than all the forces listed.