Current Electricity Charging Discharging Of Capacitors Question 692

Question: The number of free electrons per 100 mm of ordinary copper wire is $ 2\times 10^{21}. $ Average drift speed of electrons is 0.25 mm/s. The current flowing is

Options:

A) 5 A

B) 80 A

C) 8 A

D) 0.8 A

Show Answer

Answer:

Correct Answer: D

Solution:

[d] $ I=n,e,A,v _{d} $

$ =2\times 10^{21}\times 1.6\times {{10}^{-19}}\times 10\times 0.25\times {{10}^{-3}} $

$ =2\times 1.6\times 0.25=\frac{8}{10}=0.8A $