Fundamentals of Physics Extended
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Author: David Halliday, Robert Resnick, Jearl Walker
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
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Chapter 22, Problem 63P
A spherical water drop 1.20 µm in diameter is suspended in calm air due to a downward-directed atmospheric electric field of magnitude E = 462 N/C. (a) What is the magnitude of the gravitational force on the drop? (b) How many excess electrons does it have?
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