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Exercises: Electrical Charges, Conservation of Charge, and Transfer of Charge

Work through each section in order. Show your work on calculation problems.

Grade 11·21 problems·~30 min·OpenStax Physics (High School)·section·sec-18-1
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Warm-Up: Prerequisite Review

These questions review prior knowledge needed for this section.

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A proton has charge +1.6×10−19+1.6 \times 10^{-19} C and an electron has charge −1.6×10−19-1.6 \times 10^{-19} C. What is the total charge of a system containing one proton and one electron? Express your answer in coulombs.