Physics (10th Edition)

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Chapter 18 - Electric Forces and Electric Fields - Problems - Page 508: 2

Answer

$3.125\times10^{13}$ electrons needs to be removed from the object

Work Step by Step

An object is having charge $q_{i}=-2.0\mu C$ Suppose we removed $q$ charges from this object and finally it is charged as $q_{f}=+3.0\mu C$ $q+q_{f}=q_{i}$ $q=q_{i}-q_{f}$ Thus: $q=-2.0\mu C-3.0\mu C=-5.0\mu C$ So $-5.0\mu C=-5\times10^{-6}C$ needs to be removed. $-1.6\times10^{-19}C$ is equal to $1$ electron $-1C$ is equal to $\frac{1}{1.6\times10^{-19}} $electron $-5\times10^{-6}C$ is equal to $\frac{5\times10^{-6}}{1.6\times10^{-19}} $electron = $3.125\times10^{13}$ electrons So $3.125\times10^{13}$ electrons need to be removed from the object
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