As the cloud passes over the building, a lightning strike occurs and a charge of 0.84C flows through the lightning conductor. The charge flows for 3.5 × 10^-5 s. Calculate the average current in the lightning conductor during this time. State the formula used in your answer

I=24,000 Amp

Explanation:

Electric Current

Is a measure of the quantity of charge Q flowing by a point in a time period of t.

The standard metric unit for the current is the Ampere, often abbreviated as Amps or A.

It can be calculated as:

The cloud generates a lightning strike that releases a charge Q=0.84 C during a time .

The current is of course, not of a constant value, but an average value can be calculated by using the above formula:

answer: the correct answer is 1.

explanation: there are various process in which a radioactive nuclei decays:

1) alpha decay: in this process, a heavier nuclei decays into lighter nuclei by releasing alpha particle. the mass number is reduced by 4 units.

2) electron capture: in this decay process, a parent nuclei absorbs an electron and gets converted into a neutron. simply, a proton and an electron combines together to form a neutron. mass number does not change in this process.

3) gamma ray emission: it is a decay process in which an unstable nuclei gives excess energy by a spontaneous electromagnetic process. this decay releases . this process does not change the mass number.

4) positron emission: it is a type of decay process, in which a proton gets converted to neutron and an electron neutrino. this is also known as -decay. in this the mass number remains same.

from the above information, we see that only alpha-decay is producing a change in the mass number of the nucleus.

an electric circuit