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In a typical lightning strike, 2.5 C flows from cloud to ground in 0.20 ms. What is the current during the strike? (The answer is not 12500 or 1250)

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Current = (charge) / (time) = (2.5) / (0.0002) = 12,500 Amperes

The only thing wrong with the answer "12500" is that it lacks a unit.


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