The membrane that surrounds a certain type of living cell has a surface area of 4.4 x 10-9 m² and a thickness of 1.5 x 108 m. Assume that the membrane behaves like a parallel plate capacitor and has a dielectric constant of 4.1. (a) The potential on the outer surface of the membrane is +79.6 mV greater than that on the inside surface. How much charge resides on the outer surface? (b) If the charge in part (a) is due to K+ ions (charge +e), how many such ions are present on the outer surface? (a) Number (b) Number i Units Units W

The membrane that surrounds a certain type of living cell has a surface area of 4.4 x 10-9 m² and a thickness of 1.5 x 108 m. Assume that the membrane behaves like a parallel plate capacitor and has a dielectric constant of 4.1. (a) The potential on the outer surface of the membrane is +79.6 mV greater than that on the inside surface. How much charge resides on the outer surface? (b) If the charge in part (a) is due to K+ ions (charge +e), how many such ions are present on the outer surface? (a) Number (b) Number i Units Units W

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Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

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