An American traveler in New Zealand carries a transformer to convert New Zealand's standard 230 V to 115 V so that she can use some small appliances on her trip. a) What is the ratio of turns in the primary and secondary coils of her transformer? b) What is the ratio of input to output current?

An American traveler in New Zealand carries a transformer to convert New Zealand's standard 230 V to 115 V so that she can use some small appliances on her trip. a) What is the ratio of turns in the primary and secondary coils of her transformer? b) What is the ratio of input to output current?

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An American traveler in New Zealand carries a transformer to convert New Zealand's standard 230 V to 115 V so
that she can use some small appliances on her trip.
a) What is the ratio of turns in the primary and secondary coils of her transformer?
b) What is the ratio of input to output current?

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