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21.2 Exercise 18

Avg difficulty 2.5

An automobile starter motor has an equivalent resistance of 0.0500Ω0 . \text{0500} \Omega and is supplied by a 12.0-V battery with a 0.0100-Ω0 . \text{0100}-\Omega internal resistance. (a) What is the current to the motor? (b) What voltage is applied to it? (c) What power is supplied to the motor? (d) Repeat these calculations for when the battery connections are corroded and add 0.0900Ω0 . \text{0900} \Omega to the circuit. (Significant problems are caused by even small amounts of unwanted resistance in low-voltage, high-current applications.)

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