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All household circuits are wired in parallel. A 1140-W toaster, a 270-W blender, and a 80-W lamp are plugged into the same outlet. (The thre
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All household circuits are wired in parallel. A 1140-W toaster, a 270-W blender, and a 80-W lamp are plugged into the same outlet. (The three devices are in parallel when plugged into the same outlet.) Assume that this is the standard household 120-V circuit with a 15-A fuse.
a. What current is drawn by each device?
b. To see if this combination will blow the 15-A fuse, find the total current used when all three appliances are on.
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Answer:
total current = 12.417 A
so it will not fuse as current is less than 15 A
Explanation:
given data
toaster = 1140-W
blender = 270-W
lamp = 80-W
voltage = 120 V
solution
we know that current is express as
current = power ÷ voltage ………………….1
here voltage is same in all three device
so
current by toaster is
I =
I = 9.5 A
and
current by blender
I =
I = 2.25 A
and
current by lamp is
I =
I = 0.667 A
so here device in parallel so
total current is = 9.5 A + 2.25 A + 0.667 A
total current = 12.417 A
so it will not fuse as current is less than 15 A