Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 1-11823-072-8
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Chapter 24 - Electric Potential - Problems - Page 713: 55

Answer

$r=1.6\times 10^{-9}m$

Work Step by Step

From law of conservation of energy, $K.E=P.E$ $\frac{1}{2}mv_f^2-\frac{1}{2}mv_i^2=K\frac{e^2}{r}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $\frac{1}{2}(9.109\times 10^{-31})(2\times 3.2\times 10^{5})^2-\frac{1}{2}(9.109\times 10^{-31})(3.2\times 10^{5})^2=9\times 10^9\times \frac{(1.6\times 10^{-19})^2}{r}$ Solving this, we find that $r=1.6\times 10^{-9}m$
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