College Physics (10th Edition)
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Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
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Chapter 17, Problem 75PP
Consider a bee with the mean electric charge found in the experiment. This charge represents roughly how many missing electrons?
- A. 1.9 × 108
- B. 3.0 × 108
- C. 1.9 × 1018
- D. 3.0 × 1018
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