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Chapter 21 Problem 17P

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Problem 17P

IP A bird lands on a bare copper wire carrying a current of 32 A. The wire is 8 gauge, which means that its cross-sectional area is 0.13 cm2,

(a) Find the difference in potential between the bird's feet, assuming they are separated by a distance of 6.0 cm.

(b) Will your answer to part (a) increase or decrease if the separation between the bird's feet increases? Explain.

Solution

Step 1 of 3

(a)

Here we need to find the potential difference between the bird’s feet by taking the distance between the feets is . The bird lands on a copper wire carries a current of  and the wire has the cross sectional area .

Resistivity of copper wire is taken to be .

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Title Physics with MasteringPhysics 4 
Author James S. Walker
ISBN 9780321541635

IP A bird lands on a bare copper wire carrying a current

Chapter 21 textbook questions

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