Question

A certain lightning bolt moves 78.3 C of charge. How many fundamental units of charge is this?

Answer 1

There are
`4.89* 10^(20)\ electrons` flowing in the lighting bolt.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that,

Charge on certain lighting bolt, q = 78.3 C

We need to find the number of charge flowing in that bolt. Let there are n number of electrons. It is a case of quantization of electric charge. It is given by :

q = ne

`n=(q)/(e)`

e is the charge on an electron

`n=(78.3\ C)/(1.6* 10^(-19)\ C)`

`n=4.89* 10^(20)\ electrons`

So, there are
`4.89* 10^(20)\ electrons` flowing in the lighting bolt.