PH-1089

Electric current

Physics · Secondary 4 · Medium · Electric current

A charged cloud transfers a charge of 240 C to the ground in a lightning strike that lasts for 0.80 ms. Using the definition of electric current, what is the current in the lightning?

$3.0\times10^2\,\text{A}$
$3.0\times10^3\,\text{A}$
$3.0\times10^4\,\text{A}$
$3.0\times10^5\,\text{A}$

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