Purpose: to investigate the quantitative aspects of the electric force between two objects, including the dependences on both distance and charge.Also, to place the electric force into context with our force problem-solving process from first-semester physics.Lab 1 – Coulomb’s Law Investigating the force between charged objects Purpose: to investigate the quantitative aspects of the electric force between two objects, including the dependences on both distance and charge. Also, to place the electric force into context with our force problem-solving process from first-semester physics. Introduction Coulomb’s Law: “The magnitude of the electric force that a particle exerts on another is directly proportional to the product of their charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.” Mathematically, the magnitude of this electrostatic force FE acting on two charged particles (q1, q2) is expressed as: 𝑞 𝑞 FE = k 𝑟1 2 2 Where r is the separation distance between the charged objects and k is a constant of proportionality, called the Coulomb constant, k = 8.99 × 109 Nm2/C2. Part 1 – Determining the value of Coulomb’s constant k Experiment 1-A: How the force depends on distance 1- Click on the following link and select the “Macro Scale” version of simulation. Set your own values for Charge 1 (q1) and Charge 2 (q2), and write their values in the first row of Table 1 below.