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Homework Statement
K i need help with like 3 phyics problem on electric forces / charges.
1. One gram of copper has 9.48 10^21 atoms, and each copper atom has 29 electrons.
(a) How many electrons are contained in 1.08 g of copper?
_________ electrons
b. What is the total charge of these electrons?
__________ C
2. Calculate the net charge on a substance consisting of a combination of 7.5 10^13 protons and 4.2 10^13 electrons.
___________ C
3. An alpha particle (charge = +2.0e) is sent at high speed toward a gold nucleus (charge = +79e). What is the electric force acting on the alpha particle when the alpha particle is 4.8 10^-14 m from the gold nucleus?
_______________ N
Homework Equations
Elctron -1.6 x 10^-19
Proton: 1.6 x 10^-19
Coulombs Law: Felectric = Kc (q1*q2)/r^2
The Attempt at a Solution
alright iv been having trouble since our teacher did not teach us anything about these barley and the book doesn't help at all.
1st one i don't know where to start.
2nd one i tried just simply adding them together and that didnt work and then i tried using pythagorm theorm because iwas maybe thinking that the net force you need to find like the triange.
3rd one i plugged into the columbs law and i got 6.2x10^38 and i think i got that wrong too?
Any help please?