The meter on the battery charger shows the current supplied to a battery - Edexcel - GCSE Physics Combined Science - Question 3 - 2020 - Paper 1

To calculate the charge, we use the formula:

$Q = I imes t$

where:

• $Q$ is the charge in coulombs (C)
• $I$ is the current in amperes (A)
• $t$ is the time in seconds (s)

Given that the current $I = 2.5 ext{ A}$ and the time $t = 5 ext{ minutes} = 5 imes 60 ext{ s} = 300 ext{ s}$, we can substitute these values into the formula:

$Q = 2.5 imes 300 = 750 ext{ C}$

Thus, the charge supplied to the battery in 5 minutes is 750 coulombs.