Sunday, September 15, 2013

A person with body resistance between his hands of 10KΩ accidentally grasps the terminal of a 14-KV power supply.If the internal resistance of the...

The current 'I' that flows when a voltage 'V' is applied
across a resistor 'R' is given by I = V/R.


Here, the total
resistance is 10000 + 2000 = 12000 ohm.


The voltage applied
across this resistance is 14000 V.


This makes a current
equal to 14000/12000 = 7/6 amp flow through the person's
body.


The power P dissipated is given as P =
V^2/R


We are only interested in the power dissipated
through the person's body. This is given by (14000)^2/10000 = 19600
W


The current flowing through the resistance
is 7/6 amp and the power dissipated through the person's body is 19600
W

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