Question

Problems for practice:

If 50 coulomb of electric charge flows through a wire in five minutes, calculate the current in the wire?

Answer 1

Charge q = 50 c
time t = 5 min × 60 s = 300 s
current I = \(\frac { q }{ t }\)
= \(\frac { 50 }{ 300 }\) = \(\frac { 5 }{ 30 }\) = 0.166A