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A television set connected to a 120-V outlet consumes 78 W

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Problem 6P

A television set connected to a 120-V outlet consumes 78 W of power, (a) How much current flows through the television? (b) How long does it take for 10 million electrons to pass through the TV?

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QUESTION:

Problem 6P

A television set connected to a 120-V outlet consumes 78 W of power, (a) How much current flows through the television? (b) How long does it take for 10 million electrons to pass through the TV?

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(a)

Here we need to calculate the current through the television. If a television is connected to a voltage of  and it consumes a power of .

Power consumed is given as,

                                        

Current will be,

                                        

Substituting  and

                                        

Therefore, the current through the television is 0.65 A.

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