A physics student has a single-occupancy dorm room. The student has a small refrigerator that runs with a current 3.5 A, a lamp that contains a 100-W bulb, an overhead light with a 60-W bulb, and various other small devices adding up to 3 W. All the appliances run on a voltage of 110 V. Overall Hint Review Section 9.5 Electrical Energy and Power, for the description of electric power used in terms of different quantities (voltage, current, and resistance). More specific hints are below. a. What is the total power used by the dorm room (while the refrigerator runs)? Total power used by the dorm room is b. Assuming that the power plant for the electricity is 18 km away and uses 000-gauge copper wire (diameter 10.405 mm), how much power is dissipated in transmission (remember to count the return wire), if the power plant is directly providing the 110-V? (To be more precise, the power plant is providing the voltage it needs to provide, so that the voltage at the dorm room is 110 V.) Hint for part (b) Start by calculating two quantities: (1) current (use power consumed at the given voltage) and (2) resistance (Review Sectic 9.3 Resistivity and Resistance if necessary). Given current and resistance, power dissipated can be found by P= I2R. Account for the transmission wire both from and to the power plant. Power of W is dissipated in transmission at 110 V. c. The most common way to increase the efficiency of power transmission is by using higher voltage for long-distance transmission (and it is "down transformed" nearer the consumers of electricity). Assuming that the same amount of power calculated in (a) is transmitted, how much power is dissipated in transmission, if the power plant provides the power at 110 kV? (To be more precise, the power plant is providing the voltage it needs to provide, so that the voltage at the transformer station is 110 kV.) Hint for part (c) If the same power is to be consumed but at higher voltage, how does this affect the amount of current that the power plant needs to provide? Re-calculate the power dissipated using the new value of current. Power of W. Submit Question $ W is dissipated in transmission at 110 kV. Search or type URL & * .