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Given the following data, calculate the electrostatic force and gravitational force between two electrons. Show that the electrostatic force is much greater than gravitational force, for the electrons separated by a certain distance.
Charge on the electron ` = 1.6 xx 10^(-19) "C"`
Mass of the electron `= 9.1 xx 10^(-31)"kg"`
Gravitational constant `= 6.67 xx 10^(-11)"Nm"^(2)"kg"^(-2)`

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To calculate the electrostatic force and gravitational force between two electrons, we will use the following formulas: 1. **Electrostatic Force (Coulomb's Law)**: \[ F_e = \frac{k \cdot |q_1 \cdot q_2|}{r^2} \] where: - \( k = 9 \times 10^9 \, \text{N m}^2/\text{C}^2 \) (Coulomb's constant) ...
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