What is the Charge Distribution of Protons in Terms of Quarks?

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In summary, to determine the number of up and down quarks in a proton, we need to find the integer combination of these quarks that will result in a charge of 1 elementary charge (e). The up quark has a charge of 2/3 e and the down quark has a charge of -1/3 e. Therefore, a proton must contain 2 up quarks and 1 down quark to have a total charge of 1 e.
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The up quark has a charge of 2/3 e, A down quark has a charge of -1/3 e, where e is the elementory charge (1.6 x 10 power of -19c), how many up quarks and down quarks must a proton contains
 
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To answer this question, you need to find out what the charge of a proton is in elementary charge units.

Then, you need to find out what integer combination of up and down quarks will give you the charge of a proton.
 
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manjula said:
The up quark has a charge of 2/3 e, A down quark has a charge of -1/3 e, where e is the elementory charge (1.6 x 10 power of -19c), how many up quarks and down quarks must a proton contains
There can only be an integral number of quarks. What's the minimum number of each type that will produce the needed proton charge?
 
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Try it out and show what you have tried.You know already that the total charge is e.
 

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