Often times during volcano eruptions the clouds have large static charge buildups that cause lightning to...

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Often times during volcano eruptions the clouds have largestatic charge buildups that cause lightning to happen. If a rock isejected by the volcano and it flies to a height of 1795 m, and theclouds have a charge concentration of +40.0 C at a height of 3400 mand ?40.0 C at a height of 1000 m, what is the electric field atthe ejected rock?

magnitude    1 N/C
direction    2---Select---downwardupward

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Note that E kqr2 where k 899E09 N m2C2 q the source charge 400E01 C r the distance    See Answer
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