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A hair dryer draws 1500 W, a curling iron draws 800 W, and an electric light fixture draws 500 W. If all three of these appliances are operating in parallel on a 120 V circuit, what is the total current drawn?
 a. 23.3 A
  c. 36.7 A
  b. 20.8 A
  d. 19.4 A

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What is the total force on the bottom of a filled 4.0-m diameter by 1.0-m deep round wading pool due to the weight of the air and the weight of the water? (Note that the pressure contribution from the atmosphere is 1.0  105 N/m2, the density of water is 1000 kg/m3, and g = 9.8 m/s2.)
 a. 3.4  105 N
  c. 1.7  105 N
  b. 1.4  106 N
  d. 7.8  105 N


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

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Answer to Question 2

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