Physics 9702 · AS & A Level · Electric current

Electric current — practice question

Charge carriers, each carrying charge $q$, travel along a wire of fixed length. The number density of the charge carriers in the wire is $n$. What other information is needed, for this wire, to find the average drift velocity of the charge carriers in terms of $n$ and $q$?

  • Acurrent per unit of cross-sectional area
  • Bpotential difference per unit of length
  • Cresistance and cross-sectional area
  • Dresistivity and length

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