current of I = 1.1 A is passing through a conductor with cross sectional area A = 3.5 × 10-4 m2. The charge carriers in the conductor, electrons, have a number density n = 7.7 x 1027 m-3.

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A current of I = 1.1 A is passing through a conductor with cross sectional area A = 3.5 × 10-4 m2. The charge carriers in the conductor, electrons, have a number density n = 7.7 x 1027 m-3.

  Part (a)  Express the drift velocity of electrons through IAn, and the fundamental charge e
vd = 
      

 

(I/A n e) is an incorrect equation.

 Part (b)  Calculate the numerical value of v, in m/s. 
vd =

 

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