Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections
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Chapter26: Electric Potential
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 13PQ: A proton is fired from very far away directly at a fixed particle with charge q = 1.28 1018 C. If...
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h=4.3×10-3m
Determine the initial force exerted on the dust particle by the fixed charge.

Transcribed Image Text:A dust particle has an excess charge of 3.0 x 10°
electrons and a mass of 4.0 × 10
8.
g. It is initially
1.0 x 10 m directly above a fixed
held at d
object of the same size that is charged with the same
number of electrons Both objects are in an evacuated
container.
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