Answer:
The question is incomplete, below is the complete question "The electric potential difference between the ground and a cloud in a particular thunderstorm is [tex]3.0*10^{9}V[/tex]. What is the magnitude of the change in the electric potential energy of an electron that moves between the ground and the cloud?"
Answer:
[tex]U=3.0*10^{9}eV[/tex]
Explanation:
data given,
Potential difference,V=3.0*10^9V
charge on an electron, q=1e.
Recall that the relationship between potential difference (v), charge(Q) and the potential energy(U) is expressed as
[tex]U=qV[/tex]
from the question, we asked to determine potential energy given the charge and the potential difference.
Hence if we substitute values into the equation, we arrive at
[tex]U=qV\\U=3.0*10^{9}*1e\\U=3.0*10^{9}eV[/tex]
Hence the magnitude of the change in the electric potential energy of an electron that moves between the ground and the cloud is [tex]3.0*10^{9}eV[/tex]
