Although electrons in metal move in haphazard directions at many times the speed of sound, the drift speed of electrons that compose electric current is
A) a fraction of a centimeter per second.
B) many centimeters per second.
C) the speed of a sound wave.
D) the speed of light.
E) none of the above
Answer: A
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