Consider an object has a mass of 43.4 kg. You separate the protons and electrons of the object into two boxes. You take all the protons out of the object and stuff them into a box and also take all the electrons out of the object and stuff them into a second box.  You initially put the boxes of protons and electrons 45 m apart. Now you want to take the two boxes and move them farther apart, to a new distance of 81 m apart. How much work (that is, energy) would you have to expend to pull the boxes that much farther apart, fighting against the electrostatic attraction between them?       1.92E+26 J     3.84E+26 J     7.68E+26 J     1.54E+27 J

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Consider an object has a mass of 43.4 kg. You separate the protons and electrons of the object into two boxes. You take all the protons out of the object and stuff them into a box and also take all the electrons out of the object and stuff them into a second box. 

You initially put the boxes of protons and electrons 45 m apart. Now you want to take the two boxes and move them farther apart, to a new distance of 81 m apart. How much work (that is, energy) would you have to expend to pull the boxes that much farther apart, fighting against the electrostatic attraction between them?
 
   
1.92E+26 J
   
3.84E+26 J
   
7.68E+26 J
   
1.54E+27 J
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