Physics 9702 · AS & A Level · Electric current

Electric current — practice question

Two cylindrical conductors, X and Y, are made of the same material. They have the same length, but the diameter of Y is smaller than that of X. X and Y are joined in series to a cell. Which row compares the number of charge carriers per unit time passing through X with that through Y, and also compares the average drift speed of the charge carriers in X with that in Y?

  • Anumber of charge carriers per unit time: Y greater than X; average drift speed of charge carriers: Y greater than X
  • Bnumber of charge carriers per unit time: Y same as X; average drift speed of charge carriers: Y same as X
  • Cnumber of charge carriers per unit time: Y greater than X; average drift speed of charge carriers: Y same as X
  • Dnumber of charge carriers per unit time: Y same as X; average drift speed of charge carriers: Y greater than X

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