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Some light bulbs are connected in paralles to 120 V source as shown in the figure .Each bulb dissipates as power of 60 W .The circuit has a fuse F that burns out when the current in the cicuit exceeds 9A .Determine the largest number of bulbs, which can be used in this circuit without burning out the fuse
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A. 9
B. 18
C. 25
D. 34

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`60 = (V^(2))/(R )`
`60= (120xx120)/(R )`
`R=240 Omega`
"Suppose total bulb are N"
`R_(eq)=R/N`
`i=(120)/(R )N`
`(120N)/(R )=9`
`(120 N)/(240)=9`
`N=18`
if N `gt` 18 "bulb get fuse"

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