Suppose you wanted to hold up an electron against the gravitational force by the attraction of a fixed proton some distance above it

How far above the electron would the proton have to be? (k = 1/4??0 = 9.0 × 109 N ? m2/C2, e = 1.6 × 10-19 C, mproton = 1.67 × 10-27 kg, melectron = 9.11 × 10-31 kg)
A) 1.5 m
B) 2.3 m
C) 3.7 m
D) 4.6 m
E) 5.1 m


E

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