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A piece of Nichrome wire has a radius of 6.5 104 m. It is used in a laboratory to make a heater that uses 4.00 102 W of power when connect
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A piece of Nichrome wire has a radius of 6.5 104 m. It is used in a laboratory to make a heater that uses 4.00 102 W of power when connected to a voltage source of 120 V. Ignoring the effect of temperature on resistance, estimate the necessary length of wire.
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2021-09-01T23:40:44+00:00
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Answer:
Explanation:
Given data
Power P=4.00×10²W
Radius r=6.5×10⁴m
Voltage V=120V
To find
Length of wire L
Solution
We know that resistance of wire can be obtained from
We also know that R=pL/A solving the length noting that A=πr²
and using p=100×10⁻⁸Ω.m we find that
So