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  8. A copper wire has diameter 0.5 mm, and resistivity of 1.6xx10^-8 ohm -...

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  9. An electric iron has a rating 750 W, 220V. It is used for 5 hours dail...

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  11. Two students perform the experiments on series and parallel combinatin...

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  17. What is electric circuit?

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