A long silver metal rod with a circular cross-section has an estimated diameter of cross-section 1 mm. You set up the rod so that a current of 2 A flows through the cross-section. Also, 5.0x1028 m-3 is the free electron density of silver. What is the magnitude of the drift speed of the electron flowing in the rod?

A long silver metal rod with a circular cross-section has an estimated diameter of cross-section 1 mm. You set up the rod so that a current of 2 A flows through the cross-section. Also, 5.0x1028 m-3 is the free electron density of silver. What is the magnitude of the drift speed of the electron flowing in the rod?

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