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9.2 Exercise 12

Avg difficulty 2.5

The current supplied to an air conditioner unit is 4.00 amps. The air conditioner is wired using a 10-gauge (diameter 2.588 mm) wire. The charge density is n=8.48×1028electronsm3n = 8.48 \times 10^{28} \frac{\text{electrons}}{\text{m}^{3}}. Find the magnitude of (a) current density and (b) the drift velocity.

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