A transformer outside of a business steps the average voltage down from 3600 V to 120 V. The transformer delivers 1.50 × 106 W to the business at 82.0% efficiency. (Give answers to 3 sig.figs.) Find … (a) the power delivered to the primary, (b) the current in the primary, and (c) the current in the secondary.

A transformer outside of a business steps the average voltage down from 3600 V to 120 V. The transformer delivers 1.50 × 106 W to the business at 82.0% efficiency. (Give answers to 3 sig.figs.) Find … (a) the power delivered to the primary, (b) the current in the primary, and (c) the current in the secondary.

Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition

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Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz

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Chapter25: Electromagnetic Induction

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