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How much work does a 12-V battery do in pushing 2 mC of charge through a circuit containing onelight bulb?

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Given data:


\begin{gathered} V=12\text{ V} \\ Q=2\text{ mC} \end{gathered}

The work done is given as,


W=QV

Putting all known values,


\begin{gathered} W=2*10^(-3)\text{ C}*12\text{ V} \\ =24\text{ mJ} \end{gathered}

Therefore, 24 mJ of the work is done.

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