Using the Bohr formulas, estimate the average distance from the nucleus for an electron in the innermost (n=1) orbit in uranium (Z = 92). What is its kinetic energy and potential energy? Approximately how much energy would be required to remove it?  PLEASE draw the diagram/situation

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Using the Bohr formulas, estimate the average distance from the nucleus for an electron in the innermost (n=1) orbit in uranium (Z = 92). What is its kinetic energy and potential energy? Approximately how much energy would be required to remove it? 

PLEASE draw the diagram/situation

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