Consider an Incandescent Lightbulb

question 44

Multiple Choice

Consider an incandescent lightbulb.If you wanted to turn a 10-W lightbulb into a 100-W lightbulb, how would you change the temperature of the filament inside the bulb?

• A) Raise its temperature by a factor of 3.2.
• B) Raise its temperature by a factor of 1.8.
• C) Raise its temperature by a factor of 10.
• D) Lower its temperature by a factor of 2.6.
• E) Lower its temperature by a factor of 5.4.

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