Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 21 - Electric Current and Direct-Current Circuits - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 754: 5

Answer

$6.25\times 10^4\frac{electrons}{s}$

Work Step by Step

As we know that $\frac{\Delta N}{\Delta t}=\frac{I}{e}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $\frac{\Delta N}{\Delta I}=\frac{10\times 10^{-15}}{1.6\times 10^{-19}}$ $\frac{N}{\Delta t}=6.25\times 10^4\frac{electrons}{s}$
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