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Capacitance of a Thundercloud. The charge center of a thundercloud, drifting 3.0 km...

Capacitance of a Thundercloud. The charge center of a thundercloud, drifting 3.0 km above the earth’s surface, contains 20 C of negative charge. Assuming the charge center has a radius of 1.0 km, and modeling the charge center and the earth’s surface as parallel plates, calculate: (a) the capacitance of the system; (b) the potential difference between charge center and ground; (c) the average strength of the electric field between cloud and ground; (d) the electrical energy stored in the system.

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