Question

An especially violent lightning bolt has an average current of 1.89 x 103 A lasting 0.133 s. How much charge is delivered to the ground by the lightning bolt?

Answer 1

Charge = 25.9 $Ampsec^{-1}$

Explanation:

Given,

The average current (I) = ${1.89} \times {103 A}$ and

Time period (T) = 0.133 s

The charge is calculated by multiplying the current to the time period.

Hence,

To find, the charge delivered to the ground by the lightning bolt(Q) = ?

By applying the formula of charge that is-

Charge(Q) = $Current(I) \times Time(T)$

∴ Charge(Q) = ${1.89} \times {103 A}$$\times 0.133 s$

= 25.89111 $As^{-1}$

= 25.9 $As^{-}$

Thus, the charge of 25.9 $Ampsec^{-1}$ is delivered to the ground by the lightning bolt.