A longer jail stay for Thoreau would have likely hardened his resolve to assert his rights in the face of unjust laws, reinforcing his beliefs in civil disobedience. This experience would have deepened his commitment to his principles rather than causing self-doubt or leading him to comply. Thoreau viewed imprisonment as a necessary sacrifice for his moral beliefs and activism. ;
A device delivering a current of 15.0 A for 30 seconds moves approximately 2.81 x 10^21 electrons. This is calculated by first determining the total charge using the formula Q = I ⋅ t and then converting charge to the number of electrons. Each coulomb corresponds to about 6.242 x 10^18 electrons.
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