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Calculate the drift velocity for the electrons in a silver wire which has a radius of 0.1 cm and carries a current of 2 A. Atomic mass of silver=108 and density of silver `=10.5xx10^(3) kg//m^(3)`.

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`7xx10^(-4) ms^(-1)`
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