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Calculate the conductivity of a semiconductor having electron concentration `5xx10^(12)"cm"^(-3)` and hole concentration `8xx10^(13)"cm"^(-3)`
`[mu_(e)=2.3"V"^(-1).s^(-1)."m"^(2)" ""and"" " mu_(h)=0.1"V"^(-1).s^(-1)."m"^(2)]`

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1.968 mho/m
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