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An electric field us applied to a semiconductor.Let the number of charge carriers be n and the average drift speed be v.If the temperature is increased,

A

both `n` and `v` will increase

B

`n` will increase but `v` will increased

C

`v` will increase but `v` will decrease

D

both `n` and `v` will decrease

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