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Physic Electrostatic?

As you are dragging your feet across the carpet. Your socks receives an extra 6.7 x 10^9 electrons. What is the socks' new overall charge? Please show work.

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  • oubaas
    Lv 7
    2 weeks ago

    charge changes by 6.7*10^9 / (6.25*10^18) = 1.07*10^-9 Coulomb (1.07 nCoulomb)

  • 2 weeks ago

    (-1.602 x 10^(-19) C/electron)*(6.7 x 10^9 electrons) = 1.07 nanocoulombs.

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