What is the potential difference between the terminals of a battery that can impart 7.2 x 10-19 J to each electron that moves between the terminals?

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What is the potential difference between the terminals of a battery that can impart 7.2 x
10-¹9 J to each electron that moves between the terminals?
Transcribed Image Text:What is the potential difference between the terminals of a battery that can impart 7.2 x 10-¹9 J to each electron that moves between the terminals?
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Given: Energy gained by an electron moving between the terminals of a battery W=7.2×10-19 J.

Required: Potential difference V between the terminal of the battery.

To move a charge q through potential difference V the work done is W=q V.

Potential difference V=Wq.

 

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