College Physics
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ISBN: 9781938168000
Author: Paul Peter Urone, Roger Hinrichs
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Chapter 20, Problem 10PE
A clock battery wears out after moving 10,000 C of charge through the clock at a rate of 0.500 mA. (a) How long did the clock run? (b) How many electrons per second flowed?
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