Consider a wire carrying a current of $10\,A$ with a cross-sectional area of $1\,cm^2$. If the number of electrons per unit volume is $9 \times 10^{28}\,m^{-3}$,find the drift velocity of the electrons.

  • A
    $6.94 \times 10^{-6}\,m/s$
  • B
    $6.94 \times 10^{-4}\,m/s$
  • C
    $5.94 \times 10^{-2}\,m/s$
  • D
    $2.94 \times 10^{-4}\,m/s$

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