Question

A typical lightning bolt has about 10.0 c of charge. how many excess electrons are in a typical lightning bolt?

Answer 1

The charge of an electron is -1.602 x 10^-19 Coulombs. If an average lightning bolt carries around 10.0 Coulombs of charge, we can simply divide this by the charge of an electron to estimate the total number of excess electrons:

(10.0 C) / (1.602 x 10^-19 C/electron) = 6.24 x 10^19 electrons
So there are around 6.24 x 10^19 excess electrons in a typical lightning bolt.

Answer 2

Answer:$6.24\times 10^{19} electrons$ are present in the lightening bolt.

Explanation:

Total charge = -10.0 C

Charge on 1 electron = $-1.602\times 10^{-19} C$

Number of electrons = n

Total charge = n × charge on 1 electron

$-10.0 C=n\times -1.602\times 10^{-19} C$

$n=\frac{-10.0 C}{-1.602\times 10^{-19} C}=6.24\times 10^{19} electrons$

$6.24\times 10^{19} electrons$ are present in the lightening bolt.