Student Solutions Manual for College Physics: A Strategic Approach Volume 1 (Chs 1-16)
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Author: Randall D. Knight, Brian Jones, Stuart Field
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Chapter 22, Problem 5P
A wire carries a 15 μA current. How many electrons pass a given point on the wire in 1.0 s?
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