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You are presented with several wires made ofthe same conducting material. The radius and drift speed are givenfor each wire in terms of some
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You are presented with several wires made ofthe same conducting material. The radius and drift speed are givenfor each wire in terms of some unknown units \rm r and \rm v. Rank thewires in order of decreasing electron current.
Rank from most to least electroncurrent. To rank items as equivalent, overlap them.
radius=1 radius=4 radius =2 radius= 3
drift speed =5V drift speed = .5V drift speed = 2.5V drift speed = 1 V
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Answer:
So in order of most to least electric current,
Ic > Id > Ib > Ia
Explanation:
Let the wires be represented as A, B, C, D
in the the given order.
So wire A has radius 1 and drift speed = 5V
wire B has radius 4 and drift speed = 0.5V
wire C has radius 2 and drift speed = 2.5V
wire D has radius 3 nd drift speed = 1V
The current in a given wire is directly proportional to the cross seectional area A(πr²) and also to the drift speed v
I = nqvA
Assuming n and q are constant,
I ∝v× r²
Ia = C×5v × r² = 5Cvr²
Ib = C×0.5v × (4r)² = 8Cvr²
Ic = C×2.5v× (2r)² = 10Cvr²
Id = C×1v×(3r)² = 9Cvr²
Where Cis a constant = nqπ
So in order of most to least electric current,
Ic > Id > Ib > Ia
Answer:
The ranking of current from the most to the least is
Explanation:
Case Number 1 :
Drift velocity=
= 5v
Radius=r= 1r
Square of radius=
= 1
Current=
=C(5v
)
Case Number 2 :
Drift velocity=
=0.5v
Radius=r=4r
Square of radius=
=16
Current=
= C(8v
)
Case number 3 :
Drift velocity=
=2.5
Radius=r=2r
Square of radius=
=4
Current=
= C(10v
)
Case number 4:
Drift velocity=
=1v
Radius=r=3r
Square of radius=
=9
Current=
=C(9v
)
Hence, The ranking of current from the most to the least is