2. An electrician experienced a mild shock when he accidentally touched a wire carrying 5.0 A for 1.5 s.  a. How many coulombs of charge flow through the electrician?  b. How many electrons constitute the given current?

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2. An electrician experienced a mild shock when he accidentally touched a wire
carrying 5.0 A for 1.5 s.
 a. How many coulombs of charge flow through the electrician?
 b. How many electrons constitute the given current?

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