Two identical conducting spheres-fixed in place

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Two identical conducting spheres, fixed in place, attract each other with a force of 0.084 N when their center to centerseparation is 40.00 cm. The spheres are then connected by a thin conducting wire. When the wire is removed, the spheres have a netpositive charge and repel each other with an electrostatic force of 0.032 N. What was the initial negative charge on one of thespheres, and what was the initial positive charge on theother?(Hint: Use charge conservation and solve for one of theinitial charges. You will end up with a quadratic equation. Thesolutions give you the positive and negative charges.)

Initial negative charge
Initial positive charge

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