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A 10 C of charge flows through a wire in 5 minutes. The radius of the wire is 1 mm. It contains `5xx10^(22)` electrons per `"centimetre"^(3)`. Calculate the current and drift velocity.

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`0.033 A, 1.326xx10^(-6)ms^(-1)`
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