Calculate how much charge resides on the outer surface

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The membrane that surrounds a certain type of living cell has a surface area of 5.35 10-9 m2 and a thickness of 9.90 10-9 m. Assume that the membrane behaves like a parallel plate capacitor and has a dielectric constant of 4.90.

(a) The potential on the outer surface of the membrane is +59.4 mV greater than that on the inside surface. How much charge resides on the outer surface?

(b) If the charge in part (a) is due to K+ ions (charge +e), how many such ions are present on the outer surface?

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