If an outer hair cell is 50 µm long and undergoes a change in length of 2 µm, culminating in 30 nm/mV, what is the change in potential when the cell is depolarized?

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The change in length is 2 µm, which is 2000 nm. Given that the change is 30 nm/mV, the change in potential is 2000 nm / 30 nm/mV = 66.67 mV, which rounds to 67 mV.

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