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A silver wire 1mm diameter carries a charge of 90 coulombs in 1 hours and 15 minutes. Silver contains `5.8xx10^(28)` free electrons per `cm^(3)` find the current in wire and drift velocity of the electron.

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`0.02A 2.74xx10^(-12)m//"sec"`
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