A bumblebee can sense electric fields as the fields bend hairs on its body. Bumblebees have been

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A bumblebee can sense electric fields as the fields bend hairs on its body. Bumblebees have been conclusively shown to detect an electric field of 60 N/C. Could a bumblebee use this sense to detect the presence of another nearby bumblebee? Suppose a bumblebee has a charge of 24 pC. How far away could another bumblebee detect its presence?

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College Physics A Strategic Approach

ISBN: 9780134779218

4th Edition

Authors: Randall D. Knight, Brian Jones

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