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The document provides 10 problems involving calculating charge, current, time, and number of electrons in circuits. It gives the formulas for charge (Q = I*t) and the charge of an electron (1.6 x 10-19 C). The problems involve using these formulas to calculate values like charge, current, time and number of electrons in different circuit scenarios.

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The document provides 10 problems involving calculating charge, current, time, and number of electrons in circuits. It gives the formulas for charge (Q = I*t) and the charge of an electron (1.6 x 10-19 C). The problems involve using these formulas to calculate values like charge, current, time and number of electrons in different circuit scenarios.

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Using ΔQ = IΔt

Charge on an electron = 1.6 x 10-19 C

1. a) The current in a wire is 0.72 A. Calculate the charge that passes through the wire in:
(i) 4 s (ii) 7 min
b) Calculate the average current in a wire if a charge of 3500 C passes in:
(i) 9 s (ii) 200 s

2. What is the average electric current in a wire when a charge of 150 C passes in 30 s?

3. Calculate how long it takes for the following charges to pass a point in the circuit:
a) 6.0 C, when the current is 0.5 A
b) 48 C, when the current is 36 mA

4. In a lightning flash a typical amount of charge which reaches the Earth is 10 C. If the
flash lasts for 0.50 ms, what is the average current?

5. In a television tube the picture is formed by streams of electrons hitting the screen. The
current is 20 mA. How much electric charge hits the screen in 30 min?

6. The current in a small torch bulb is 0.20 A.


a) What is the total electric charge which passes a point in the circuit in 12 min?
b) How many electrons pass this point in this time?

7. Calculate the number of electrons passing a point in the wire in 1 min when the current
is: (a) 1 A (b) 5.0 μA

8. Calculate the number of electrons passing a point in a circuit when there is a current of:
a) 4.0 A for 60 s
b) 12 mA for 25 s

9. In a certain semiconducting material the charge carriers each have a charge of 1.6 x 10-19
C. How many are entering the semiconductor per second when the current is 2.0 nA?

10.A certain type of rechargeable battery is capable of delivering a current of 0.2 A for
4000 s, before its voltage drops and it needs to be recharged. Calculate:
a) the total charge the battery can deliver before it needs to be recharged,
b) the maximum time it could be used for without being recharged if the current
through it were 0.5 A

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