Fundamentals of Physics, Volume 1, Chapter 1-20
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Chapter 26, Problem 36P
GO Swimming during a storm. Figure 26-31 shows a swimmer at distance D = 35.0 m from a lightning strike to the water, with current I = 78 kA. The water has resistivity 30 Ω·m, the width of the swimmer along a radial line from the strike is 0.70 m, and his resistance across that width is 4.00 kΩ Assume that the current spreads through the water over a hemi-sphere centered on the strike point. What is the current through the swimmer?
Figure 26-31 Problem 36.
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