A Silver Wire Has a Cross Sectional Area a =

question 12

Multiple Choice

A silver wire has a cross sectional area A = 2.0 mm².A total of 9.4 × 10¹⁸ electrons pass through the wire in 3.0 s.The conduction electron density in silver is 5.8 × 10²⁸ electrons/m³ and .What is the drift velocity of these electrons?

• A) 2.7 × 10^-5 m/s
• B) 9.1 × 10^-5 m/s
• C) 5.2 × 10^-5 m/s
• D) 1.1 × 10^-5 m/s
• E) 7.4 × 10^-5 m/s