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15.2.1 (a) 3.77 A (b) (i) 1.50 ×1011 A m2 (ii) 6.3%
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15.2.2 1.1 × 104 A m−2; 220 mm s−1
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15.7.1 9.45 W, 6.30 W, 3.78 W.
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15.7.4 67 A; If the motor is faulty: Rmotor = 0.57 Ω, which is possible
If the cable is faulty: Rcable = 7.9 mΩ, which is less than the original Rcable, which is not possible → the motor should be replaced
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15.7.5 3.3 W; 0.42 °C s–1
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15.8.2 R = r1 - r2: For power supply 2, however, r1 - r2 is negative so there is no physically acceptable value of R that produces zero potential difference across the terminals.
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15.8.3 The internal resistance of either battery is 2.2 Ω.
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15.8.4 0.50 Ω or 17.95 Ω
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15.8.5 20 A; (i) 1.25 W (ii) 42 mW; 0.1 Ω
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15.10.1 (a) ri = 0.85 Ω (b) E = 2.28 V
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15.10.3 (i) RAC = 78.9 Ω (ii) 105.8 Ω
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15.10.4 (i) 0.19 A; 0.14 A; 0.34 A (ii) 2.3 V; 2.7 V (iii) 0.45 W; 0.33 W; 0.91 W
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15.10.5 
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15.11.3 only the 50 Ω resistor exceeds its power rating
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15.11.4 0.15 A through 10 Ω and 30 Ω; 0.05 A through 15 Ω and 5 Ω; 0.1 A through 20 Ω
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15.11.5 4.96 mA through 400 Ω; 4.60 mA through 330 Ω; 0.36 mA through 47 Ω
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15.12.1 (a) 44 W (b) 1.66 mW
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15.13.1 (i) 2.60 V (ii) 0.04 Ω (iii) 0.26 A (iv) 29 W (in 5 V supply); 7.0 W (in 2 V supply)
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15.14.1 2.0 km from B; 300 Ω
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15.14.2 (i) 1.58 × 105 A m−2 (ii) 0.19 V
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15.14.6 (i) 3 × 108 A m–2 (ii) 6 × 103 A m–2 (iii) 2.3 × 107 A m–2
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15.15.1 RC = 91 Ω; RFe = 9.1 Ω
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15.15.2 0.0017%; 0.0034%; 0.40%; 0.402%
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15.15.4 1.39; less than 2% due to thermal expansion
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