You touch a defective appliance while standing on the ground, and you feel the tingle of a 2.5-mA current. What’s your resistance, assuming you’re touching the “hot” side of the 120-V household wiring?

You touch a defective appliance while standing on the ground, and you feel the tingle of a 2.5-mA current. What’s your resistance, assuming you’re touching the “hot” side of the 120-V household wiring?

Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections

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Author:Katz, Debora M.

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Chapter28: Current And Resistance

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