A 580 mm long tungsten wire, with a 0.048 mm diameter circular cross section, is wrapped around in the shape of a coil and used as a filament in an incandescent light bulb.  When the light bulb is connected to a battery, a current of 0.536 A is measured through the filament.  Tungsten has a resistivity of 4.9 x 10-8 Ohms x m.  How many electrons pass through this filament in 5 seconds?  What is the resistance of this filament?  What is the voltage of the battery that would produce this current in the filament?

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A 580 mm long tungsten wire, with a 0.048 mm diameter circular cross section, is wrapped around in the shape of a coil and used as a filament in an incandescent light bulb.  When the light bulb is connected to a battery, a current of 0.536 A is measured through the filament.  Tungsten has a resistivity of 4.9 x 10-8 Ohms x m.  How many electrons pass through this filament in 5 seconds?  What is the resistance of this filament?  What is the voltage of the battery that would produce this current in the filament?

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