The membrane that surrounds a certain type of living cell has a surface area of 5.2 x 10-9 m2 and a thickness of 1.0 x 1
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The membrane that surrounds a certain type of living cell has asurface area of 5.2 x 10-9 m2 and athickness of 1.0 x 10-8 m. Assume that the membranebehaves like a parallel plate capacitor and has a dielectricconstant of 5.6. (a) The potential onthe outer surface of the membrane is +47.1 mV greater than that onthe inside surface. How much charge resides on the outersurface? (b) If the charge inpart (a) is due toK+ ions (charge +e), how many such ionsare present on the outer surface?