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An aluminum wire carrying a current of 5.0 A has a cross-sectional area of 4.0 × 10–6 m2. Find the drift speed of the electrons in the wire. The density of aluminum is 2.7 g/cm3. (Assume that one electron is supplied by each atom.)

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College Physics

ISBN: 978-0495113690

7th Edition

Authors: Raymond A. Serway, Jerry S. Faughn, Chris Vuille, Charles A. Bennett

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