Homework Help: Physics

Posted by Mary on Monday, September 3, 2007 at 12:49am.

Suppose that the electric potential outside a living cell is higher than that inside the cell by 0.079 V. How much work is done by the electric force when a sodium ion (charge = +e) moves from the outside to the inside?

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Physics - drwls, Monday, September 3, 2007 at 2:11am
Work (in Joules) =
(e, in Coulombs) x (voltage difference)
Physics - Anonymous, Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 9:46pm
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