The thin copper wire with radius of 1.3 mm is wound into a torus shaped coil as revealed in figure. From copper wire 8.75 x 10-2 ampere electric current passing though in 4800 sec. Number of free electrons per cubic meter in copper wire is 5.8 x 1028. Calculate magnitude of electron’s drift velocity in the diameter of copper wire.

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The thin copper wire with radius of 1.3 mm is wound into a torus shaped coil as revealed in figure.
From copper wire 8.75 x 10-2
ampere electric current passing though in 4800 sec. Number of free electrons
per cubic meter in copper wire is 5.8 x 1028. Calculate magnitude of electron’s drift velocity in the diameter of copper wire.

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