College Physics (10th Edition)
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Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
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Chapter 17, Problem 32P
(a) What must the charge (sign and magnitude) of a 1.45 g particle be for it to remain balanced against gravity when placed in a downward-directed electric field of magnitude 650 N/C? (b) What is the magnitude of an electric field in which the electric force it exerts on a proton is equal in magnitude to the proton’s weight?
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