When the resistance of a purely resistive load connected across the secondary of an…

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When the resistance of a purely resistive load connected across the secondary of an ideal step-down transformer is doubled while the primary supply voltage remains unchanged, how does the rms current in the primary change? (a) It doubles. (b) It decreases by a factor of 2\sqrt{2}. (c) It remains unchanged. (d) It halves.

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