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WBJEE · Physics · Current Electricity

An electric cell of emf \(E\) is connected across a copper wire of diameter \(d\) and length \(l\). The drift velocity of electrons in the wire is \(v_{d}\). If the length of the wire is changed to \(2 l,\) the new drift velocity of electrons in the copper wire will be

  1. A \(v_{d}\)
  2. B \(2 v_{d}\)
  3. C \(v_{d} / 2\)
  4. D \(v_{d} / 4\)
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(C) \(v_{d} / 2\)

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The drift velocity is given as \[ \begin{aligned} v_{d} &=\frac{i}{n e A}=\frac{E}{R \times n e A} \\ &=\frac{E \times A}{\rho l \times n e A}=\frac{E}{ln e} \end{aligned} \] When length of wire changed to 2l , the new drift velocity.…
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