Two identical conducting spheres, fixed in place, attract each other with an electrostatic force of $0.108 \mathrm{~N}$ when their center-to-center separation is $50.0 \mathrm{~cm}$. The spheres are then connected by a thin conducting wire. When the wire is removed, the spheres repel each other with an electrostatic force of $0.0360 \mathrm{~N}$. Of the initial charges on the spheres, with a positive net charge, what was (a) the negative charge on one of them?
$-1.00 \mu \mathrm{C}$