A Van de Graaff generator is charged so that the magnitude of the electric field at its surface is 3.0 × 104 N/C. Find … (a) the electric force exerted on a proton released at its surface and … (b) the acceleration of the proton at that instant of time.

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A Van de Graaff generator is charged so that the magnitude of the electric field at its surface is 3.0 × 104 N/C.

Find …

(a) the electric force exerted on a proton released at its surface and …

(b) the acceleration of the proton at that instant of time.

   
 
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