An airplane at an altitude of 2000 meters passes through a storm cloud. If there is a 40 C charge at 1000 meters in the cloud, what is the size of the electric field where the plane is located? (k = 8.99x10 ^ 9 Nm ^ 2 / C ^ 2)   a. 3.6 x 10^5 N/C b. 4.8 x 10^5 NC c. 6.2 x 10^5 N/C d 2.1 x 10^5 N/C e. 8.2 x 10^5 N/C

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An airplane at an altitude of 2000 meters passes through a storm cloud. If there is a 40 C charge at 1000 meters in the cloud, what is the size of the electric field where the plane is located? (k = 8.99x10 ^ 9 Nm ^ 2 / C ^ 2)

 

a. 3.6 x 10^5 N/C

b. 4.8 x 10^5 NC

c. 6.2 x 10^5 N/C

d 2.1 x 10^5 N/C

e. 8.2 x 10^5 N/C

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