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Electric Current

Problem 3.209

A straight copper wire of length l=1000 ml=1000 \mathrm{~m} and crosssectional area S=1.0 mm2S=1.0 \mathrm{~mm}^{2} carries a current I=4.5I=4.5 A. Assuming that one free electron corresponds to each copper atom, find: (a) the time it takes an electron to displace from one end of the wire to the other; (b) the sum of electric forces acting on all free electrons in the given wire.

Reveal Answer
(a) t=enlS/I=3t=e n l S / I=3 Ms; (b) F=enlρI=1.0MN,\quad F=e n l_{\rho} I=1.0 \quad \mathrm{MN},