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A person walks into a specially designed room where the ceiling and floor contain giant conducting plates that can be charged just like a capacitor. The height from ceiling to floor is 4 m. If the person is 60 kg and wears a specially designed suit that is charged to + 1 x 10^-3 C,
a) What is the potential difference V that is needed to levitate the person 0.5 m off the ground?
b) Would the air electrically breakdown with the potential difference you calculated?
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