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Mitali.s mother was cooking in the kitchen for guests. Mitali saw her mother had plugged in microwave, hot plate and food processor on the same plug point. She immediately switched off the plug and removed all the plugs and re-plugged them in separate individual plugs.
What is the power of a device?

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The power of an electrical device is the amount of electric energy used by it per unit time.
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