Part A What is the current in the element of an electric clothes dryer with a re
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Question
Part A What is the current in the element of an electric clothes dryer with a resistance of 8.2? when it is connected to 240 V? Express your answer to two significant figures and include the appropriate units.Part B How much charge passes through the element in 50?min? (Assume direct current.) Express your answer to two significant figures and include the appropriate units. Part A What is the current in the element of an electric clothes dryer with a resistance of 8.2? when it is connected to 240 V? Express your answer to two significant figures and include the appropriate units.
Part B How much charge passes through the element in 50?min? (Assume direct current.) Express your answer to two significant figures and include the appropriate units. Part B How much charge passes through the element in 50?min? (Assume direct current.)
Explanation / Answer
a)
I = V/R (ohm's law)
I = 240 /8.2
I = 29.268 A
b) Q = I*t
= 29.268 * 50*60
= 87804.878 C