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A polythene piece rubbed with wool is found to have negative charge of `3 xx 10^-7 C`. Estimate the number of electrons transferred.

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`1.875 xx 10^12`

As `Q = "ne", n = (Q)/( e)= (3 xx 10^-7 C)/(1.6 xx 10^-19 C) = 1.875 xx 10^12`.
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