A positively charged oil droplet remains in the electric field between two horizontal plates, separated by a distance 1 cm. If the charge on the drop is 3.2 x 10^-19 C and the mass of the droplet is 10^-14 kg what is the potential difference between the plates? Now if the polarity of the plates is reversed what is the instantaneous acceleration of the droplet?

A positively charged oil droplet remains in the electric field between two horizontal plates, separated by a distance 1 cm. If the charge on the drop is 3.2 x 10^-19 C and the mass of the droplet is 10^-14 kg what is the potential difference between the plates? Now if the polarity of the plates is reversed what is the instantaneous acceleration of the droplet?

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