Arubber rod rubbed with fur acquires a charge of -4,8×10(-9)c. what is the charge on the fur? how much mass is transferred to rod?

1) The charge left on the fur is equal and opposite to the charge transferred to the rod:

In fact, when the rod is rubbed with the fur, a net charge of  has been transferred to the rod, leaving it negatively charged. If we assume the fur was initially neutral, this means that we have now an excess of positive charges on the fur, and the amount of this charge must be equal (in magnitude, but with opposite sign) to the charge transferred to the rod.

2) The mass transferred to the rod is equal to the total mass of the electrons transferred to the rod.
The charge transferred to the rod is

The charge of 1 electron is

So the number of electrons transferred is


The mass of 1 electron is , therefore the total mass transferred to the rod is

If one were to put the y value into the equation, they could find out what x is for a certain value of y.  putting in the value of y (1), we get the equation: 1=4x-12=4xx=0.5this means that the value of x when why is 1 is x=0.5