What is the Charge Distribution of Protons in Terms of Quarks?

[manjula]

The up quark has a charge of 2/3 e, A down quark has a charge of -1/3 e, where e is the elementory charge (1.6 x 10 power of -19c), how many up quarks and down quarks must a proton contains

 

[Hao]

To answer this question, you need to find out what the charge of a proton is in elementary charge units.

Then, you need to find out what integer combination of up and down quarks will give you the charge of a proton.

 

[Doc Al]

The up quark has a charge of 2/3 e, A down quark has a charge of -1/3 e, where e is the elementory charge (1.6 x 10 power of -19c), how many up quarks and down quarks must a proton contains

There can only be an integral number of quarks. What's the minimum number of each type that will produce the needed proton charge?

 

[Dadface]

Try it out and show what you have tried.You know already that the total charge is e.