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Why charge is not a basic quantity?

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Because charges may be of two kinds i.e. positive and negative. And base quantities never have different kinds but are only of one kinds i.e. length, mass,time etc. That's why charges' are expressed in the dimensions of current and Time and not carry there own dimension.

By: M.Adeel Ahmad

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