Question

What does ${\mathrm{q}}_1$ and ${\mathrm{q}}_2$ stand for in Coulomb's law?

Answer 1

1. According to Coulomb’s law, the force of attraction or repulsion between two charged bodies is directly proportional to the product of their charges and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
2. The Coulomb's law can be written as,
   $\mathrm{F}=\frac{{\mathrm{Kq}}_1{\mathrm{q}}_2}{{\mathrm{d}}^2}$
   Where, $\mathrm{F}$= force of attraction or repulsion
   $\mathrm{K}$= Coulomb constant
   $\mathrm{d}$= distance between the charges
   ${\mathrm{q}}_1$ and ${\mathrm{q}}_2$ = charges (charged bodies)

Hence, the ${\mathrm{q}}_1$ and ${\mathrm{q}}_2$stands for charges in Coulomb's law.