//Book Name:Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering //Author:Rajendra Prasad //Publisher: PHI Learning Private Limited //Edition:Third ,2014 //Ex4_1.sce. clc; clear; Q1=2e-9; //Sphere 1 charges in coulomb Q2=-0.5e-9; //Sphere 2 charges in coulomb r=4e-2; //Distance between the two spheres in m epsilon_not=1/(36e9*%pi); printf("\n(a)") F=-(Q1*Q2)/(4*%pi*epsilon_not*r^2); //Coulomb's law printf("\n Force between two spheres when they are displaced 4cm apart=%1.4f*10^-5 N Attractive\n",F*1e5) printf("\n(b)") q=(Q1+Q2)/2; F=(q^2)/(4*%pi*epsilon_not*r^2) printf("\n Force between two spheres if they are brought into contact and separated by 4cm =%1.4f*10^-5 N repulsive\n",F*1e5)