A copper wire has a circular cross section with a radius of 1.81 mm. HINT Apply the relation between electrical current and drift speed. Click the hint button again to remove this hint. (a) If the wire carries a current of 3.68 A, find the drift speed (in m/s) of electrons in the wire. (Take the density of mobile charge carriers in copper to be n = 1.10 x 1029 electrons/m³.) m/s (b) For the same wire size and current, find the drift speed (in m/s) of electrons if the wire is made of aluminum with n = 2.11 x 102⁹ electrons/m³. m/s

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A copper wire has a circular cross section with a radius of 1.81 mm.
HINT
Apply the relation between electrical current and drift speed.
Click the hint button again to remove this hint.
(a) If the wire carries a current of 3.68 A, find the drift speed (in m/s) of electrons in the wire. (Take the density of mobile
charge carriers in copper to be n = 1.10 x 1029 electrons/m³.)
m/s
(b) For the same wire size and current, find the drift speed (in m/s) of electrons if the wire is made of aluminum with
n = 2.11 x 102⁹ electrons/m³.
m/s
Transcribed Image Text:A copper wire has a circular cross section with a radius of 1.81 mm. HINT Apply the relation between electrical current and drift speed. Click the hint button again to remove this hint. (a) If the wire carries a current of 3.68 A, find the drift speed (in m/s) of electrons in the wire. (Take the density of mobile charge carriers in copper to be n = 1.10 x 1029 electrons/m³.) m/s (b) For the same wire size and current, find the drift speed (in m/s) of electrons if the wire is made of aluminum with n = 2.11 x 102⁹ electrons/m³. m/s
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