The filament of an incandescent light bulb is made of tungsten which has a thermal coefficient of resistivity of α = 4.4 x 10-3 K-1. The filament is initially at room temperature, To = 293 K. When it is connected across a V = 110 volt power supply the filament quickly heats up to T = 2900 K at which time the current flowing through the filament is I = 0.75 amps. Given: (Io= I (1+alpha(Tf-Ti)) a) Find the numerical value of the current in amps when the filament is at room temperature.

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 The filament of an incandescent light bulb is made of tungsten which has a thermal coefficient of resistivity of α = 4.4 x 10-3 K-1. The filament is initially at room temperature, To = 293 K. When it is connected across a V = 110 volt power supply the filament quickly heats up to T = 2900 K at which time the current flowing through the filament is I = 0.75 amps.

 

Given: (Io= I (1+alpha(Tf-Ti))

 

a) Find the numerical value of the current in amps when the filament is at room temperature.

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