A certain lightning bolt moves 10.0 C of charge. How many charges have been moved if the fundamental unit of charge is 1.6 x 10-19 C?

Respuesta :

To solve this problem, use the ratio given by the total number of electrons or protons that exist as a function of the total charge, and inversely proportional to the value of the fundamental charge. The number of fundamental unit  [tex]|q_e|[/tex] that constitutes a charge of 40.0C can be calculated as

[tex]N = \frac{|Q|}{|q_e|}[/tex]

Here,

[tex]q_e[/tex] = Value of charge and it is the fundamental charge

Q = Total Charge

N = Total number of electron or protons

The number of fundamental units is calculated as follows

[tex]N = \frac{10.0C}{1.6*10^{-19}C}[/tex]

[tex]N = 6.25*10^{19}[/tex]

Therefore the number of fundamental charge units moved by lightning bolt is [tex]6.25*10^{19}[/tex]