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You touch a defective appliance while standing on the ground, and you feel the tingle of a $2.5-\mathrm{mA}$ current. What's your resistance, assuming you're touching the "hot" side of the $230-\mathrm{V}$ household wiring?
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5 milliampere (mA) and the potential difference (V) as 230 volts (V). We are asked to find the resistance (R) of the body. We can use Ohm's law to solve this problem. Ohm's law states that the current passing through a conductor between two points is directly Show more…
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