Physics of Everyday Phenomena
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Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 14, Problem 5E
A wire carries a current of 12 A. How much charge flows past a point on the wire in a time of 4 s?
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