When an AC voltage source, with a maximum voltage of 200 V, is connected across a 50 Ω resistor, the power dissipated in the resistor is...   a. 200 W   b. 400 W   c. 566 W   d. 800 W

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When an AC voltage source, with a maximum voltage of 200 V, is connected across a 50 Ω resistor, the power dissipated in the resistor is...

  a.

200 W

  b.

400 W

  c.

566 W

  d.

800 W

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