(II) You want to design a portable electric blanket that runson a 1.5-V battery. If you use a 0.50-mm-diameter copperwire as the heating element, how long should the wire be ifyou want to generate 18 W of heating power? What happensif you accidentally connect the blanket to a 9.0-V battery?

(II) You want to design a portable electric blanket that runson a 1.5-V battery. If you use a 0.50-mm-diameter copperwire as the heating element, how long should the wire be ifyou want to generate 18 W of heating power? What happensif you accidentally connect the blanket to a 9.0-V battery?

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Chapter22: Electric Current

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Problem 92A

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(II) You want to design a portable electric blanket that runs
on a 1.5-V battery. If you use a 0.50-mm-diameter copper
wire as the heating element, how long should the wire be if
you want to generate 18 W of heating power? What happens
if you accidentally connect the blanket to a 9.0-V battery?

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