(a) What is the electrostatic potential energy (in joules)

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(a) What is the electrostatic potential energy (in joules) between an electron and a proton that are separated by 53 pm? (b) What is the change in potential energy if the distance separating the electron and proton is increased to 1.0 nm? (c) Does the potential energy of the two particles increase or decrease when the distance is increased to 1.0 nm?