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The figure to the right shows a triangular prism (the same shape of a Toblerone chocolate package). The face has the shape of an equilateral triangle of side a = 1 cm and the height is h = 10 cm. The object is made of Carbon, which has a resistivity of 6 x 10^-4 ?/m. (a) What is the resistance of this object to current flow along its longer dimension? (b) When connected to a specific circuit, 10 W of power are dissipated in this object (which acts like a resistor). What are the current through and the voltage across this object?

          The figure to the right shows a triangular prism (the same shape of a Toblerone chocolate package). The face has the shape of an equilateral triangle of side a = 1 cm and the height is h = 10 cm. The object is made of Carbon, which has a resistivity of 6 x 10^-4 ?/m.

(a) What is the resistance of this object to current flow along its longer dimension?

(b) When connected to a specific circuit, 10 W of power are dissipated in this object (which acts like a resistor). What are the current through and the voltage across this object?

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The figure to the right shows a triangular prism (the same shape of a Toblerone chocolate package). The face has the shape of an equilateral triangle of side a = 1 cm and the height is h = 10 cm. The object is made of Carbon, which has a resistivity of 6 x 10^-4 ?/m.

(a) What is the resistance of this object to current flow along its longer dimension?

(b) When connected to a specific circuit, 10 W of power are dissipated in this object (which acts like a resistor). What are the current through and the voltage across this object?

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The volume of a triangular prism is given by the formula: $V = A \cdot h$ where $A$ is the area of the base (the equilateral triangle) and $h$ is the height of the prism. The area of an equilateral triangle is given by the formula: $A = Show more…

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The figure to the right shows a triangular prism (the same shape as a Toblerone chocolate package). The base of the prism is an equilateral triangle with a side length of a = cm, and the height of the prism is h = 10 cm. The object is made of Carbon, which has a resistivity of x10^-1 fm. (a) What is the resistance of this object to current flow along its longer dimension? (b) When connected to a specific circuit, 10 W of power is dissipated in this object (which acts like a resistor). What is the current through and the voltage across this object?

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