An underground cable 12 km long extends east to west and consists of two parallel wires, each of which has resistance 10 Q/km. An electrical short develops at distance x from the west end when a conducting path of resistance R connects the wires (see the figure). The resistance of the wires and the short is 84 Q when measured from the east end and 200 Q when measured from the west end. What are (a) x and (b) R? rConducting path West East (a) Number i Units (b) Number i Units
An underground cable 12 km long extends east to west and consists of two parallel wires, each of which has resistance 10 Q/km. An electrical short develops at distance x from the west end when a conducting path of resistance R connects the wires (see the figure). The resistance of the wires and the short is 84 Q when measured from the east end and 200 Q when measured from the west end. What are (a) x and (b) R? rConducting path West East (a) Number i Units (b) Number i Units
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![An underground cable 12 km long extends east to west and consists of two parallel wires, each of which has resistance 10 Q/km. An
electrical short develops at distance x from the west end when a conducting path of resistance R connects the wires (see the figure).
The resistance of the wires and the short is 84 Q when measured from the east end and 200 Q when measured from the west end.
What are (a) x and (b) R?
|Conducting
path
West
East
(a) Number
i
Units
(b) Number
i
Units](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fdcf82f7c-bcd0-4d65-9fbe-fdaa4e0520e3%2F8dc06412-2289-4491-9240-33fbdf0e703f%2F4qzl9ui_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:An underground cable 12 km long extends east to west and consists of two parallel wires, each of which has resistance 10 Q/km. An
electrical short develops at distance x from the west end when a conducting path of resistance R connects the wires (see the figure).
The resistance of the wires and the short is 84 Q when measured from the east end and 200 Q when measured from the west end.
What are (a) x and (b) R?
|Conducting
path
West
East
(a) Number
i
Units
(b) Number
i
Units
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