A wire with a radius of 2.22mm is made of a conducting material that has an atomic mass of 72.0 grams/mole and a mass density of 6.17x103 kg/m3. You can assume that each atom of the material has one free electron associated with it. What is the drift speed vd in a 19.3 cm long section of wire that is carrying 664 Amps? Assume 3 significant digits and units of mm/s.

A wire with a radius of 2.22mm is made of a conducting material that has an atomic mass of 72.0 grams/mole and a mass density of 6.17x103 kg/m3. You can assume that each atom of the material has one free electron associated with it. What is the drift speed vd in a 19.3 cm long section of wire that is carrying 664 Amps? Assume 3 significant digits and units of mm/s.

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