Chapter 20: Electricity...Between Us

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At 3 pm, Jason walked out of his math class and walked toward the library eager to see Kendra. Things were starting to look up for him. He had got his focus back in the classroom and on the field, and he found the confidence to pursue and get the girl he's been watching for a while.
He opened the door to the library and took a seat at a table. He saw a few students starting to work on group projects, a few students sitting by themselves reading, and a group of girls giggling and taking pictures together causing the school librarian to give them an annoyed glance. Jason had rarely used the library throughout his years at Mount Rainier, preferring to study at home.
He watched the door, eagerly and patiently waiting for Kendra to walk through.
He decided to play a game on his phone to calm himself. He was still a tad-bit nervous when he was around her. He thought about what Reese said earlier today, and he knew his cousins Colton and Evan would tell him to grow a pair and ask her out. He was making steps but decided to go at a pace he was comfortable with, still not knowing if she was feelin' him the same way.
He looked up from his phone and saw Kendra walk through the door. She was looking around to see if she could spot him. He stood up and waved her over. Her heart raced as she made eye contact with him. She smiled and walked in his direction.
She gave herself a pep talk in her head, reminding herself that she was not going to run and avoid him anymore. She got to the table and pulled out the chair, and sat down.
"Hi" she smiled.
"Hey" He smiled back, sitting forward and folding his hands.
"Thank you so much for helping me out. You have been such a lifesaver for me since school started. I don't know how I could ever repay you." She said genuinely.

I have something in mind. Jason thought to himself.

"Its no big deal. I like to help people as much as I can." He said.

She smiled. "Thats good."

He smiled back as a brief silence fell between them.

"So what do you need help on" Jason asked.

Kendra opened her physics textbook to the chapter on Electricity and Magnetism and showed him the type of questions she was having a hard time with:

Calculate the magnitude of the electric field at a point that is located 15cm directly north of a point charge, Q=−15.0∗10-⁶C

k=9∗10⁹(m²N/C²)

"So basically you use the formula E equals K times Q divided by R squared to find the magnitude of an electric field due to a single point charge. K is
Coloumb's constant which is this whole formula here." He pointed at it on the page. She nodded.

"So first let's write that out." Jason said.

Kendra began writing it down.

"Q is the charge. So where the Q is, write out negative 15 times ten to the negative sixth power. So that goes on top. " He continued to explain.

Kendra wrote, paying close attention to what he was explaining.

"Q which is the charge, will get divided by R squared. R is the distance between the points, 15 centimeters, but first you have to convert it to meters by dividing it by 100." He explained.

"Ok so it's 0.15 meters". She said.

"Right, now put that in the equation, where R is 0.15 meters squared. "

"Wow this is gonna be complicated to solve" she sighed.

"Don't worry, you got this" He encouraged her.

She solved it using her handy dandy scientific calculator and got the right answer.

"Good job" He smiled.

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