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Consider a wire of length 4m and cross-sectional areal `1 mm^(2)` carrying of 2A. If each cubic metre of the material contains `10^(29)`free electrons, find the average time taken by an electron to cross the length of the wire.

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To solve the problem of finding the average time taken by an electron to cross the length of a wire, we can follow these steps: ### Step 1: Identify the given values - Length of the wire (L) = 4 m - Cross-sectional area (A) = 1 mm² = \(1 \times 10^{-6}\) m² - Current (I) = 2 A - Number of free electrons per cubic meter (n) = \(10^{29}\) electrons/m³ - Charge of an electron (e) = \(1.6 \times 10^{-19}\) C ...
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