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A typical cell has a membrane potential of -70 mV, meaning that the potential inside the...

A typical cell has a membrane potential of -70 mV, meaning that the potential inside the cell is 70 mV less than the potential outside due to a layer of negative charge on the inner surface of the cell wall and a layer of positive charge on the outer surface. This effectively makes the cell wall a charged capacitor. Because a cell's diameter is much larger than the wall thickness, it is reasonable to ignore the curvature of the cell and think of it as a parallel-plate capacitor.

How much energy is stored in the electric field of a 50-μm-diameter cell with a 7.0-nm-thick cell wall whose dielectric constant is 9.0?

Express your answer to two significant figures and include the appropriate units.

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the answers i tried are 89, and 2.2*10^-7 and got it wrong both time i may have just messed up the unitis.

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