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Giancoli's Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Edition
18
Electric Currents
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18-2 and 18-3: Electric Current, Resistance, Ohm's Law
18-4: Resistivity
18-5 and 18-6: Electric Power
18-7: Alternating Current
18-8: Microscopic View of Electric Current
18-10: Nerve Conduction

Question by Giancoli, Douglas C., Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Ed., ©2014, Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education Inc., New York.
Problem 2
Q

A service station charges a battery using a current of 6.7 A for 5.0 h. How much charge passes through the battery?

A
1.2×105 C1.2 \times 10^5 \textrm{ C}
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This is Giancoli Answers with Mr. Dychko. Current is the amount of charge that passes a point divided by the time it takes for the charge to pass. And we can solve this for the total charge by multiplying both sides by t. So Q is It. The current is 6.7 amps, times five hours. And we have to convert this into seconds by multiplying by 3,600 seconds per hour. The hours cancel. And we have 1.2 times 10 to the five Coulombs is the amount of charge that passes through the battery while it's being charged.

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