Question

Find the amount of electric charge flowing through the circuit if an electric current of 5 A is drawn by an electric appliance for 5 minutes.

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

I=q÷t

I=5A

t=60×5=300sec

q=I×t

q=5×300=1500C

Answer 2

The amount of electric charge flowing through the circuit will be 1500 C.

Given,

Current = 5 A,

Time = 5 minutes.

To find,

The amount of electric charge flowing through the circuit.

Solution,

The current, or electric current is defined as the flow of charged particles or specifically, the electrons.

It is the rate of flow of charge with respect to time. Or, the charge ($q$) flowing through a conductor per second is called the electric current ($I$). That is,

$I=\frac{q}{t}$     ...(1)

where,

$t$ is the time in seconds.

Rearranging the above formula in (1),

$q=I \times t$     ...(2)

It is given here that,

$I=5$ A, and

$t$ = 5 min = 5 × 60 seconds = 300 seconds.

Substituting in (2),

$q=5 \times 300$

$\implies q$ = 1500 coulombs.

Therefore, the amount of electric charge flowing through the circuit will be 1500 C.

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