Where does the formula I = -e/T comes from?

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Syazani Zulkhairi
Yeah, where does it comes from?
 
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I'm going to assume your talking about electric current?

In that case, electric current is defined to be the rate of charge passing a particular point.

Charge is given the symbol Q, time t. So if the rate is constant, the current I = Q/t.

In terms of your equation, -e is the charge of one electron, so your current would represent the rate at which a single electron (or something with that amount of charge) passes a particular point.