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Microcoulomb Question
« on: January 25, 2008, 08:54:00 PM »
Hello,

I missed the below question on a quiz and can't figure out how to answer it.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.


If your body develops a charge of -10  (microcoulombs), how many excess electrons has it acquired?
Express your answer using two significant figures.
 


 Part B
What is their collective mass?
Express your answer using two significant figures.

 


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Re: Microcoulomb Question
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2008, 09:51:13 PM »
Show your work and we can show you where you went wrong.
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Re: Microcoulomb Question
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2008, 10:52:03 PM »
What is the charge of a single electron? (hint: look in the cover of a chemistry/physics textbook).

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