(a) What energy is dissipated by a lightning bolt having a 20,700 A current, a voltage of 117 MV, and a time duration of 1.00 ms?

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(a) What energy is dissipated by a lightning bolt having a 20,700 A current,
a voltage of 117 MV, and a time duration of 1.00 ms?
(b) What mass of tree sap could be raised from 18.0°C to its boiling point
and then evaporated by this energy, assuming sap has the same thermal
characteristics as water with a specific heat of 4184 J/(kg · °C) and a latent
heat of vaporization of 2256 x 103 J/kg?
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Transcribed Image Text:(a) What energy is dissipated by a lightning bolt having a 20,700 A current, a voltage of 117 MV, and a time duration of 1.00 ms? (b) What mass of tree sap could be raised from 18.0°C to its boiling point and then evaporated by this energy, assuming sap has the same thermal characteristics as water with a specific heat of 4184 J/(kg · °C) and a latent heat of vaporization of 2256 x 103 J/kg? kg
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Given,

current I = 20700 A 

Voltage V = 117 MV = 117 X 106 V

Time t =1 ms = 1 x 10-3 s

We know the expression for Energy is 

E=VIt

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