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physics- mean drift velocity

A conducting track on a printed circuit board is 1.5cm long, 2.5mm wide and 0.10mm thick. The current in the track is 150 mA.

a) suggest why the mean drift velocity of the electrons does not depend on the length of the track.
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The way i would answer these types of questions is by deriving formulas

I = dq/dt ....(1) [by definition]
d = vdt ....(2) [by definition]

dq/dt=I = nAd [ charge concentration / cross section]
I = nAvdtdq/dt

v = I/nAdq
from this expression you may conclude that the drift velocity is indipendent of length of whatever the charges are passing through at this level.
Try to translate these equations into words yourself.
hope this helps!

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