"Applying Newton’s second law to this system, we see that the magnitude of the
attractive electric force on the electron, [equation 1], is equal to the product
of its mass and its centripetal acceleration [equation 2]" I don't understand how they get equation #1

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"Applying Newton’s second law to this system, we see that the magnitude of the
attractive electric force on the electron, [equation 1], is equal to the product
of its mass and its centripetal acceleration [equation 2]" I don't understand how they get equation #1

anonymous · Answer

Equation 1: $$\frac{k_ee^2}{r^2}$$ Equation 2: $$a_c=\frac{v^2}{r}$$