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Unreasonable Results

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A 1.58-V alkaline cell with a 0.200-Ω0 . \text{200}-\Omega internal resistance is supplying 8.50 A to a load. (a) What is its terminal voltage? (b) What is the value of the load resistance? (c) What is unreasonable about these results? (d) Which assumptions are unreasonable or inconsistent?

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 21.2 Electromotive Force: Terminal Voltage, exercise 24

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