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A small drop of water is suspended motionless in air by a uniform electric field that...

A small drop of water is suspended motionless in air by a uniform electric field that is directed upward and has a magnitude of 8200 N/C. The mass of the water drop is 3.81x 10^-9 kg. (a) Is the excess charge on the water drop positive or negative? Why? (b) How many excess electrons or protons reside on the drop?

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the charged droplet (consider a charge = q) is suspended motionless in the electric field E, the net force on the droplet must be zero.There are two forces that act on the droplet, the force of gravity W = mg , and the electric force F = qE due to the electric
field. Since the net force on the droplet is zero,

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