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A certain lightning bolt moves 10.0 C of charge. How many charges have been moved if the fundamental unit of charge is 1.6 x 10-

19 C?

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Andrej [43]3 years ago

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To solve this problem, use the ratio given by the total number of electrons or protons that exist as a function of the total charge, and inversely proportional to the value of the fundamental charge. The number of fundamental unit $|q_e|$ that constitutes a charge of 40.0C can be calculated as

$N = \frac{|Q|}{|q_e|}$

Here,

$q_e$ = Value of charge and it is the fundamental charge

Q = Total Charge

N = Total number of electron or protons

The number of fundamental units is calculated as follows

$N = \frac{10.0C}{1.6*10^{-19}C}$

$N = 6.25*10^{19}$

Therefore the number of fundamental charge units moved by lightning bolt is $6.25*10^{19}$

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$U_f = 0.36 \ J$

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