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College Physics
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Author: Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 28, Problem 3P

(a)

To determine

The attractive electrostatic force between electron and proton.

(b)

To determine

The electrostatic potential energy of the atom.

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