If you accidentally touch the "hot" wire connected to the 120 V line, how much current will pass through your body?
1 answer:
<h2>Complete Question:</h2>
You are on an aluminum ladder that is standing on the ground, trying to fix an electrical connection with a metal screwdriver having a metal handle. Your body is wet because you are sweating from the exertion; therefore, it has a resistance of 1.60 kΩ .
(a) If you accidentally touch the "hot" wire connected to the 120 V line, how much current will pass through your body?
(b) How much electrical power is delivered to your body?
<h2>Answer:</h2>(a) 0.075A
(b) 9W
<h2>Explanation:</h2>The voltage (V) passing across or supplied to a body is directly proportional to the current (I) flowing through the body as stated by Ohm's law. i.e
V ∝ I
=> V = I x R ----------------------(i)
Where;
R = constant of proportionality called resistance of the body
(a) As stated in the question;
The body is wet and thus will conduct electricity and has the following;
V = voltage supplied = 120V
R = resistance of the wet body = 1.60kΩ = 1.6 x 1000Ω = 1600Ω
Substitute these values into equation(i) as follows;
120 = I x 1600
Solve for I;
I =
I = 0.075A
Therefore the amount of current that will pass through your body is 0.075A
(b) Electrical power(P), which is commonly measured in Watts(W), delivered to a body is the product of the current(I) and voltage (V) supplied to the body. i.e
P = I x V ---------------------(ii)
Where;
I = 0.075A [as calculated above]
V = 120V [given in the question]
Substitute these values into equation (ii) as follows;
P = 0.075 x 120
P = 9W
Therefore, the electric power delivered to your body is 9W
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1)
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And the negative sign indicates that the direction is to the right.
2)
We note that the field produced both by the sheet and by the slab is perpendicular to the sheet and the slab: so it is directed along the x-direction (no component along the y-direction).
So the total field along the y-direction is zero.
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3)
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x = 1.45 cm
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4)
This part is similar to part 2). Since the field is always perpendicular to the slab and the sheet, it has no component along the y-axis, therefore the y-component of the electric field is zero.
5)
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(1)
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6)
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7)
We calculated the value of the charge per unit area on the surface of the slab at x = a = 2.9 cm in part 5), and it is
8)
As we said in part 6), the electric field inside a conductor is always zero. Since the slab in this problem is conducting, this means that the electric field inside the slab is zero: therefore, the regions where the field is zero is
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