the objects mass is 70.0 kg and you initially put the boxes of protons and electrons 45 m apart. Now you want to take the two boxes and move them farther apart, to a new distance of 103 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?     5.04E+27 J     6.30E+26 J     1.26E+27 J     2.52E+27 J

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the objects mass is 70.0 kg and you initially put the boxes of protons and electrons 45 m apart. Now you want to take the two boxes and move them farther apart, to a new distance of 103 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?
   
5.04E+27 J
   
6.30E+26 J
   
1.26E+27 J
   
2.52E+27 J
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