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20.6 Exercise 15

Avg difficulty 2.5

Find the current through a person and identify the likely effect on her if she touches a 120-V AC source: (a) if she is standing on a rubber mat and offers a total resistance of 300 kΩ\text{300 k} \Omega; (b) if she is standing barefoot on wet grass and has a resistance of only 4500Ω\text{4500} \Omega.

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 20.6 Electric Hazards and the Human Body, exercise 15

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