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7 August, 21:06

The starter motor of a car engine draws a current of 140A from the battery. The copper wire to the motor runs for 0.90s until the car engine starts. How much charge passes through the starter motor?

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  1. 7 August, 22:19
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    "1 Ampere" (A) means "1 coulomb of charge per second"

    140 A means 140 coulombs per second

    (140 coulomb/sec) x (0.9 sec) = 126 coulombs of charge.

    Go a little farther:

    Electrons are the things that move through wire carrying charge.

    6.25 x 10¹⁸ electrons carry 1 coulomb of charge.

    126 coulombs = 787,500,000,000,000,000,000 electrons (rounded)
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