Thread: Friday Braintwister

If the speed of light is 186,000 miles per second what is the speed of electricity?

The waves travel at or close to the speed of light depending on the media. The actual electron speed is proportional to the difference (dc power). In ac power they electrons move one step forward and one back - then if one is really talented the do the hokey pokey.

Well, are we considering it a wave or a particle?

Well we know the light is really an electric and a magnetic waves going together, so the speed of the electricity only is either half, or twice as much, depending on which student you ask
(some have the advance knowledge of division, not just multiplication, and they're not afraid to use it)

I depends on whether you've paid you electric bill.

Actually, electricity moves at about 3"/hour...it's the charge that moves rapidly. Since most metals, including steel and copper, already are electrically charged, the 'electricity' doesn't have to move at all since it's already there. The charge moves via this highway.