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A current-carrying gold wire has diameter 6.96 mm. The electric field in the wire is 0.58 V/m. What is the current carried by the wire in kA? Note that the resistivity of gold is p = 2.44x10-8 Qm

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Chapter21: Current And Direct Current Circuits

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