An electric power station is producing 350 kW of power that is to be sent to a small town located 40.0 km away. Each of the two wires that comprise the transmission line has a resistance per kilometer of length of 0.20 Ω/km. Find the power lost in heating the wires if the voltage is stepped up from 1.40 kV to 30.0 kV using an ideal transformer.

An electric power station is producing 350 kW of power that is to be sent to a small town located 40.0 km away. Each of the two wires that comprise the transmission line has a resistance per kilometer of length of 0.20 Ω/km. Find the power lost in heating the wires if the voltage is stepped up from 1.40 kV to 30.0 kV using an ideal transformer.

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