Given:
The charge on the object is
[tex]q=-1.6\times10^{-17}\text{ C}[/tex]Required: Number of electrons
Explanation:
The number of electrons can be calculated using the quantization of charge
[tex]q\text{ = ne}[/tex]Here, n is the number of electrons
e is the charge on the electron whose value is
[tex]e\text{ = -1.6}\times10^{-19}\text{ C}[/tex]
On substituting the values, the number of electrons will be
[tex]\begin{gathered} n=\frac{q}{e} \\ =\frac{-1.6\times10^{-17}}{-1.6\times10^{-19}} \\ =100 \end{gathered}[/tex]Final Answer: The object has an excess of 100 electrons.
