A lightbulb marked “50 W [at] 120 V” is screwed into a socket at one end of a long extension cord in which each of the two conductors has a resistance of 0.6 Ohms. The other end of the extension cord is plugged into a 120-V outlet. Find the actual power of the bulb in the circuit described. Hint: You have three objects in a series circuit. Two of them are the conductors and the other object is the light bulb. 49.59 W 100 W 288 W 119.5 W
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A lightbulb marked “50 W [at] 120 V” is screwed into a socket at one end of a long extension cord in which each of the two conductors has a resistance of 0.6 Ohms. The other end of the extension cord is plugged into a 120-V outlet. Find the actual power of the bulb in the circuit described. Hint: You have three objects in a series circuit. Two of them are the conductors and the other object is the light bulb.
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100 W
288 W
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