An electric utility company supplies a customer’s house from the main power lines (120 V) with two copper wires, each of which is 150.0 m long and has a resistance of 0.11Ω per 400 m. Find the power delivered to the customer and assume that a load current at the customer’s house is 140 A. 15183W 15992W 40425W 16800W none of the above

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An electric utility company supplies a customer’s house from the main power lines (120 V) with two copper wires, each of which is 150.0 m long and has a resistance of 0.11Ω per 400 m. Find the power delivered to the customer and assume that a load current at the customer’s house is 140 A.

15183W

15992W

40425W

16800W

none of the above

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