Consider three electrical loads of equal resistance 30 Ohms connected in parallel to an electrical socket in a Canadian home (120 V, 60 Hz). Assume that the maximum current that can be delivered to the circuit before tripping is 20 A. What will happen if you attempt to connect a fourth load of resistance 24 Ohms in parallel to this circuit?   Question 12 options:   There is not enough information to answer this problem.   The current will not exceed 20 A and the circuit will not trip.   The current through the circuit is unchanged when adding the fourth load.   The current will exceed 20 A and the circuit will trip.

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Consider three electrical loads of equal resistance 30 Ohms connected in parallel to an electrical socket in a Canadian home (120 V, 60 Hz). Assume that the maximum current that can be delivered to the circuit before tripping is 20 A. What will happen if you attempt to connect a fourth load of resistance 24 Ohms in parallel to this circuit?
 

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There is not enough information to answer this problem.
 
The current will not exceed 20 A and the circuit will not trip.
 
The current through the circuit is unchanged when adding the fourth load.
 
The current will exceed 20 A and the circuit will trip.
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