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# A Van de Graaff generator is charged so that a proton at its surface accclerates radially outward at $1.52 \times 10^{12} \mathrm{m} / \mathrm{s}^{2}$ . Find (a) the magnitude of the clectric force on the proton at that instant and (b) the magnitude and direction of the clectric field at the surface of the generator.

## a. $2.54 \times 10^{-15} \mathrm{N}$b. $1.59 \times 10^{4} \mathrm{N} / \mathrm{C}$

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