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A sphere is charged with electrons to

−1 × 10−5 C.

How many electrons make up this charge?

The elemental charge is 1.6 × 10−19 C.

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User Svohara
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(1×10^-5)/(1.6×10^-19)= 6.25×10^13 electrons(ans)

Notice that the charge of a sphere is very larger than charge of electron obviously, so each electron on the sphere is made of 1.6×10^-19 charge, so you found how many of these charges are required for you to make a charge of 1×10^-5

for Example: your electron has charge 2 on it
and the sphere has charge 200 on it, then the number of electrons that make up that charge will be

200/2 = 100 electrons.







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