A metal sphere having an excess of + 5 elementary charges has a net electric charge of what? 1 8.0 ✕ 10-19 c 1.6 ✕ 10-19 c 3.2 ✕ 1019 c 5.0 ✕ 100 c

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Brooke Foley

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1 December, 08:00

A metal sphere having an excess of + 5 elementary charges has a net electric charge of what? 1 8.0 ✕ 10-19 c 1.6 ✕ 10-19 c 3.2 ✕ 1019 c 5.0 ✕ 100 c

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Casey · Answer 1

The solution for this problem would be:

The charge of 1 electron is equal to 1.6 x 10^-19 C, so the charge of 5 electrons is computed by: (5 e+) * (1.6 x 10^-19 C) / (1 e+) = so the answer for this question would be the first option which is 8.0 x 10^-19 C.