Physics chapter23 - Problem 8
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Physics for Scientists and Engineers (9th Edition)

Chapter-23

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Question 8





. Nobel laureate Richard Feynman (1918-1988) once said that if two persons stood at arm's length from each other and each person had 1% more electrons than protons, the force of repulsion between them would be enough to lift a "weight" equal to that of the entire Earth. Carry out an order-of-magnitude calculation to substantiate this assertion. (b) q = m = m1 = n = r = q1 = me = na =