Fundamentals of Physics Extended
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Author: David Halliday, Robert Resnick, Jearl Walker
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Chapter 26, Problem 47P
A heating element is made by maintaining a potential difference of 75.0 V across the length of a Nichrome wire that has a 2.60 × 10–6 m2 cross section. Nichrome has a resistivity of 5.00 × 10–7 Ω ċ m. (a) If the element dissipates 5000 W, what is its length? (b) If 100 V is used to obtain the same dissipation rate what should the length be?
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