A copper wire in a typical residential building has a cross-sectional area of 3.31 x 10-6 m2 has8.94 x 1028 electrons/m3. If it carries a current of 10.0 A, what is the drift speed of the electrons?
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Explain what drift velocity is.
Date posted: May 11, 2021. Answers (1)
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