Physics of Everyday Phenomena
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781259894008
Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 13, Problem 17E
A clothes dryer uses 6600 W of power when connected to a 220-V ac line. How much current does the dryer draw from the line?
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