Question

A current of 5. 0 amperes is passing through a piece of wire. Determine how long it takes for 30 coulombs of charge to pass through this wire

Answer 1

The time taken for the charge to pass through the cross-section of the wire is 6.0s.

Given the data in the question;

Current; $I = 5.0A$

Charge; $Q = 30C$

Time; $t = \ ?$

Current

Current is simply the rate of flow of charged particles i.e electrons caused by EMF or voltage.

If a charge passes through the cross-section of a conductor in a given time, the current I is expressed as;

$I = \frac{Q}{t}$

Where Q is the charge and t is time elapsed.

We substitute our given values into the expression above to determine the time it took the charge to pass through this wire.

$I = \frac{Q}{t}\\ \\5.0A = \frac{30C}{t} \\\\t = \frac{30C}{5.0A} \\\\t = 6.0s$

Therefore, the time taken for the charge to pass through the cross-section of the wire is 6.0s.

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