Physics of Everyday Phenomena
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ISBN: 9781259894008
Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 13, Problem 2E
A current of 4.5 A flows through a battery for 3 minutes. How much charge passes through the battery in that time?
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