Earth has a net charge that produces an electric field of approximately 150 N/C downward at its

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Earth has a net charge that produces an electric field of approximately 150 N/C downward at its surface. 

(a) What is the magnitude and sign of the excess charge, noting the electric field of a conducting sphere is equivalent to a point charge at its center? 

(b) What acceleration will the field produce on a free electron near Earth’s surface?

(c) What mass object with a single extra electron will have its weight supported by this field?

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