the objects mass is 22.3 kg and you initially put the boxes of protons and electrons 39 m apart. Now you want to take the two boxes and move them farther apart, to a new distance of 89 m apart. How much work (that is, energy) would you have to expend to pull the boxes that much farther apart, fighting against the electrostatic attraction between them?     5.92E+26 J     7.40E+25 J     1.48E+26 J     2.96E+26 J

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 the objects mass is 22.3 kg and you initially put the boxes of protons and electrons 39 m apart. Now you want to take the two boxes and move them farther apart, to a new distance of 89 m apart. How much work (that is, energy) would you have to expend to pull the boxes that much farther apart, fighting against the electrostatic attraction between them?
   
5.92E+26 J
   
7.40E+25 J
   
1.48E+26 J
   
2.96E+26 J
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