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- A 5.0 cm length of a cylindrical copper wire has a radius of 0.01 mm. The resistivity of copper is 1.68 × 10−8[Ωm].
(a) What is the length of the wire in m?
(b) What is the cross-sectional area of the wire in m2?
(c) What is the resistance of the wire?
(d) If a voltage of 2.8 × 10−9 V is set up across the ends of the wire, what is the current flowing through the wire?
(e) How much charge will drift through a cross-section of this wire in 0.001s?
(f) What is the rate of energy dissipation when that current is flowing through the wire?
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