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Transcribed Image Text:A typical flashlight battery will produce a 0.50-A current for about 3 h
before losing its charge. Determine the total number of electrons that
have moved past a cross section of wire connecting the battery and
lightbulb.
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Current (I) = 0.50 A
Time (t) = 3 h
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The number of electrons moved through cross section
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