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A 2 W carbon resistor is color coded with green, black, red and brown respectively. The maximum current which can be passed through this resistor is :

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The correct Answer is:
0.02
`{:(B,B,R,O,Y,G,B,V,G),(0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8):}`
`R=50xx10^(2)`
`5000Omega`
`P=i^(2)RrArri_("max")=sqrt(P/R)=sqrt(2/5000)=1/50=0.02A`
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