A battery moves 1.88 × 1018 electrons in an electric circuit. How many coulombs of charge were moved? and If it takes 0.5 s for the electrons to move, what is the current in the circuit?

Respuesta :

Take into account the following equivalence between number of electrons and 1 Coulomb:

[tex]1C=6.2415\cdot10^{18}electrons[/tex]

Then, by using the previous equality, you have:

[tex]1.88\cdot10^{18}\text{electrons}\cdot\frac{1C}{6.2415\cdot10^{18}\text{electrons}}=0.3C[/tex]

Then, approximately 0.3 coulombs of charge were moved.

And the current in the circuit is:

[tex]I=\frac{0.3C}{0.5s}=0.6A[/tex]

The current in the circuit is 0.6A