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Give scientific reasons for the following statements :
We use AC for electric power transmission over long distance , while most of the appliances use DC.

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Electric power transmission over long distance can result in a lot of loss of eletrical energy as the energy gets dissipated as heat energy .
The loss of power in much less in the case of AC relative to DC. Hence , we use AC for electric power trnasmission over long distance .
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