A car lot uses incandescent lamps to supply outside lighting during the night. There are three strings of lamps connected to a single 20-ampere circuit. Each string contains eight lamps. What is the largest standard lamp that can be used without overloading the circuit? Standard size lamps are 25 watts, 40 watts, 60 watts, 75 watts, and 100 watts.
A car lot uses incandescent lamps to supply outside lighting during the night. There are three strings of lamps connected to a single 20-ampere circuit. Each string contains eight lamps. What is the largest standard lamp that can be used without overloading the circuit? Standard size lamps are 25 watts, 40 watts, 60 watts, 75 watts, and 100 watts.
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A car lot uses incandescent lamps to supply outside lighting during the night. There are three strings of lamps connected to a single 20-ampere circuit. Each string contains eight lamps. What is the largest standard lamp that can be used without overloading the circuit? Standard size lamps are 25 watts, 40 watts, 60 watts, 75 watts, and 100 watts.
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