Consider a resistor of resistivity 2.82 × 10-8 Ω • m. If an electric field of 17 V/m is applied across the resistor and the electron volume concetration in the conductor is 4.76 × 1028 per m3, determine the drift velocity, in mm/s, of the free electron constituting the current. Express answers to four decimal places

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Consider a resistor of resistivity 2.82 × 10-8 Ω • m. If an electric field of 17 V/m is applied across the resistor and the electron volume concetration in the conductor is 4.76 × 1028 per m3, determine the drift velocity, in mm/s, of the free electron constituting the current. Express answers to four decimal places 

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