Question

If 50 coulomb of electric charge flows through a wire in five minutes, calculate the current in the wire?

Answer 1

Charge q = 50 c 

time t = 5 min × 60 s = 300 s

current I = \(\frac{q}{t}\)

= \(\frac{50}{300}\) = \(\frac{50}{30}\) = 0.166 A