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Chapter 21 Problem 5CQ

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Problem 5CQ

An electron moving through a wire has an average drift speed that is very small. Does this mean that its instantaneous velocity is also very small?

Solution

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Here we need to explain whether the instantaneous velocity of an electron is small if an electron is moving through the wire has very small average drift speed.

No, the electron may possess large instantaneous velocity at some given instant of time even though it has very small average drift speed.

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Title Physics with MasteringPhysics 4 
Author James S. Walker
ISBN 9780321541635

An electron moving through a wire has an average drift

Chapter 21 textbook questions

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