Fundamentals of Electric Circuits
6th Edition
ISBN: 9780078028229
Author: Charles K Alexander, Matthew Sadiku
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1, Problem 10P
A lightning bolt with 10 kA strikes an object for 15 μs. How much charge is deposited on the object?
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Fundamentals of Electric Circuits
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