What is the minimum charge required to pick up tissue paper

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Problem: You hold a ruler that has a charge on its tip 2 cm above a small piece of tissue paper to see if it can be picked up. The ruler has -12 µC of charge. The tissue has 3 g of mass.

Part A: What is the minimum charge required to pick up the tissue paper?

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