Walking across a dry carpet


After walking across a dry carpet, there's a potential difference of 5500 V between your hand and the doorknob. As you reach toward the knob, a spark jumps, releasing energy 1.0 mu J.

a) How much charge was transferred? Express your answer to two significant figures and include the appropriate units.

b) Assuming all the charges were electrons, how many were there?

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