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Awilson837

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What is the maximum number of 100-W lightbulbs you can connect in parallel in a 120-V home circuit without tripping the 20-A circuit breaker?

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A copper cable is to be designed to carry a current of 300 A with a power loss of only 2.0 watts per meter. What is the required radius of the copper cable? (The resistivity of copper is 1.7  10-8 W  m.)


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aliotak

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Reply #1 on: Jul 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

23

Answer to Question 2

1.6 cm


Awilson837

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Reply 2 on: Jul 28, 2018
Excellent

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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