Pranav once had put his finger inside the electrical socket and had gotten a bad electric shock. When he learned about random motion of electrons and then the drift speed when there is a current, he concluded that drift speed must be very high compared to the speed of random motion and that is why you get electric shocks when there is a current. Is he right?

Pranav once had put his finger inside the electrical socket and had go

1.	Pranav once had put his finger inside the electrical socket and had gotten a bad electric shock. When he learned about random motion of electrons and then the drift speed when there is a current, he concluded that drift speed must be very high compared to the speed of random motion and that is why you get electric shocks when there is a current. Is he right?
Answer» Pranav once had put his finger inside the electrical socket and had gotten a bad electric shock. When he learned about random motion of electrons and then the drift speed when there is a current, he concluded that drift speed must be very high compared to the speed of random motion and that is why you get electric shocks when there is a current. Is he right?

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