A copper wire is connected across a battery. The drift velocity of the electrons is v. If another copper wire of the same length and double the radius is connected across the same battery, the drift velocity will be
v
2v
v/4
4v
As we learnt
Uniform flow of charge through a cross-section -
- wherein
Drift velocity
drift velocity is inversely propotional to area of cross-section.
Here area of crosssection decreases by 4 times hence drift velocity becomes v/4.
Option 1)
v
Option 2)
2v
Option 3)
v/4
Option 4)
4v
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