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Transcribed Image Text:An electron and a proton are separated by a distance of 1.9 x 10-10 m (roughly the diameter of a single atom). The masses
of the electron and proton are me = 9.11 x 10- kg and
1.673 × 10-2' kg, respectively. The elementary charge
mp
e
= 1.602 x 10-19 C. The universal gravitational constant G = 6.67 x 10 N-m²/kg² and the coulomb constant
k = 8.988 × 10° N-m²/C2.
What is the magnitude F, of the electric force between the
electron and the proton?
Fe=
N.
What is the magnitude F, of the gravitational force
between the electron and the proton?
Fg
In this scenario, how many times stronger is the electric
force than the gravitational force?
Fe
Fg
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