Register
An electric heater draws a steady current = 20.0 A on a 120-V line. (a) Calculate how much power does it require.
27.8k views
4 votes
An electric heater draws a steady current = 20.0 A on a 120-V line. (a) Calculate how much power does it require.

User Artur Marchetto
by
5.2k points

1 Answer

3 votes

Answer:

The heater power required is 2400 W. The power in the heater can be calculated as the product of the voltage line and the steady current:


P=V.I


P=120 V * 20 A = 2400 VA = 2400 W

Step-by-step explanation:

User Miraage
by
5.4k points
Ask a Question
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.

5.8m questions

7.5m answers

Other Questions

How does the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor change with the geometry of the capacitor?
Explaining Wave Speed through Different Media Explain why the speed of light is lower than 3.0 × 108 m/s as it goes through different media.
Indy runs 2 kilometers every morning. She takes 2 minutes for the first 250 meters, 4 minutes for the next 1,000 meters, 1 minute for the next 350 meters, and 3 minutes for the rest. Cindy’s average speed
Explain why the roller coaster’s potential energy is greater at point 1 than at point 4.
the force is found by multiplying the mass of an object by velocity at which it travels. true or false
Link Copied!