If you wish to decrease the power produced in a heating device two times, you could: double the current, while keeping the resistance the same double the resistance, while keeping the voltage the same double the voltage, while keeping the resistance the same The answer is not listed among the given choices double the resistance, while keeping the current the same

If you wish to decrease the power produced in a heating device two times, you could: double the current, while keeping the resistance the same double the resistance, while keeping the voltage the same double the voltage, while keeping the resistance the same The answer is not listed among the given choices double the resistance, while keeping the current the same

Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition

1st Edition

ISBN:9780078807213

Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Publisher:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Chapter23: Series And Parallel Circuits

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 6STP

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