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Find the power dissipation of a 1.5 A lamp operating on a 12 V battery.
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Find the power dissipation of a 1.5 A lamp operating on a 12 V battery.

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We will have the following:

We recall that power dissipation is given by:


P=IV

Then:


P=(1.5A)(12V)\Rightarrow P=18W

So, the power is 18 Watts.

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