Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 22 - Electric Fields - Problems - Page 658: 74b

Answer

$n=1.3 \times 10^{17} $

Work Step by Step

Setting up a simple proportionality (with the areas), the number of atoms is estimated to be $$ n=\frac{\pi\left(2.5 \times 10^{-2} \mathrm{~m}\right)^2}{0.015 \times 10^{-18} \mathrm{~m}^2}\\=1.3 \times 10^{17} . $$
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