Answer:
There are [tex]4.89\times 10^{20}\ electrons[/tex] flowing in the lighting bolt.
Explanation:
Given that,
Charge on certain lighting bolt, q = 78.3 C
We need to find the number of charge flowing in that bolt. Let there are n number of electrons. It is a case of quantization of electric charge. It is given by :
q = ne
[tex]n=\dfrac{q}{e}[/tex]
e is the charge on an electron
[tex]n=\dfrac{78.3\ C}{1.6\times 10^{-19}\ C}[/tex]
[tex]n=4.89\times 10^{20}\ electrons[/tex]
So, there are [tex]4.89\times 10^{20}\ electrons[/tex] flowing in the lighting bolt.
