You Have a Parallel Circuit in a House That Operates

question 141

Multiple Choice

You have a parallel circuit in a house that operates on 120 V with several outlets for plugging in appliances and it has a 20 A fuse in the circuit.What is the maximum number of 600-W appliances that can be plugged into the outlets without "blowing" the fuse? Assume that if the current flow exceeds the rating of the fuse,it will blow.

• A)2
• B)4
• C)5
• D)7

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Slope

The measure of the steepness or incline of a line, often calculated as the ratio of the vertical change to the horizontal change between two points on the line.

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Isoquant

A curve that represents all combinations of inputs that result in the production of a given level of output.

Output

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