Coulomb Ia - The Set Up
Channel: James Rantschler
Date: 2013-08-28

Part one of a longer problem involving Coulomb's Law: The Set Up

Part one of a three video sequence solving an electrostatics problem with Coulomb's Law.

Two particles are oppositely charged.  One is affixed to a torsion spring, the other is free to move along a linear track with the spring's center at one end.  If the unforced spring is rotated slightly from the direction of the track, find the angle that the spring makes when the particle on the track is brought near.

Part II - The Mathematics       http://youtu.be/mKLYcABYtIY
Part III - Plotting the Answer  http://youtu.be/RGHI7Cravlk