Question: A Van de Graaff generator is charged so that a proton at its surface accelerates radially outward at 1.38 x 102 m/s2. Find the

A Van de Graaff generator is charged so that a proton at 

A Van de Graaff generator is charged so that a proton at its surface accelerates radially outward at 1.38 x 102 m/s2. Find the following. (a) the magnitude of the electric force on the proton at that instant magnitude N direction (b) the magnitude and direction of the electric field at the surface of the generator magnitude N/C direction

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