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Giancoli's Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Edition
18
Electric Currents
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18-2 and 18-3: Electric Current, Resistance, Ohm's Law
18-4: Resistivity
18-5 and 18-6: Electric Power
18-7: Alternating Current
18-8: Microscopic View of Electric Current
18-10: Nerve Conduction

Question by Giancoli, Douglas C., Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Ed., ©2014, Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education Inc., New York.
Problem 5
Q

What voltage will produce 0.25 A of current through a 48004800-Ω\Omega resistor?

A
1200 V1200 \textrm{ V}
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This is Giancoli Answers with Mr. Dychko. Voltage is current times resistance. That's 0.25 amps times 4,800 ohms which is 1,200 volts needed to produce this current through that resistor.

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