An iron ball hangs from a 21.5-m steel cable and is used in the demolition of a building at a location where the acceleration due to gravity is 9.78 m/s2. The ball is swung outward from its equilibrium position for a distance of 4.20 m. Assuming the system behaves as a simple pendulum, find the maximum speed of the ball during its swing.

Answer: a charge of -1.0  × 10⁻⁴ c must be placed  at x = 26 m.the sign of the charge will be the same sign as the  -4.0  µc charge.======electricstatic force between two point charges  is given by    where k is coulomb's constant,  8.99×10⁹  n·m²/c², q₁ and q₂ are the point charges, and r is the distance between the two point charges.assign positive to q₁let q₁ =  6.0 µc, q₂ = -4.0  µc, q₀ represent the charge at the origin, and q₃ represent this new charge to place.the charge at the origin q₀ would experience the following force f₀₁ from q₁, with r = 6.0 m (note that 1  µc = 10⁻⁶ c)    the force from q₂    the force from q₃    the net force on the origin charge, q₀, has to be zero for no electrostatic forcehaving an equation where k and q₀ can be divided out of the equation will allow us to solve for q₃    isolating:     a charge of -1.0  × 10⁻⁴ c must be placed  at x = 26 m.the sign of the charge will be the same as the  -4.0  µc charge

I'm having some difficulty seeing the diagram clearly.but the question says there's a net inward force on the object.so we know right away,  from newton's 2nd law of motion, thatthat baby is accelerating.  it doesn't even matter which way thenet force is pointing.  if there's any net force, then either theobject's speed or else its direction must be changing.

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