Three appliances—a 60 W bulb

PHYSICS · Multi-part · CBSE · Physics · Electricity · Electricity

Problem

Three appliances—a 60 W bulb, a 140 W television set and a 1000 W geyser—are connected in parallel to a 220 V supply through a single fuse rated 6 A. (a) Calculate the current drawn by the bulb. (b) Calculate the current drawn by the television set. (c) Calculate the current drawn by the geyser. (d) Find the total current drawn by the three appliances. (e) Will the fuse melt when all three appliances operate together? Justify your answer.

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