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(a) What energy is dissipated by a lightning bolt having a 20,000-A current, a voltage of 1.00 × 10 2 MV 1.00 \times \text{10}^{\text{2}} \text{MV}, and a length of 1.00 ms? (b) What mass of tree sap could be raised from 18.0ºC\text{18} . 0º \text{C} to its boiling point and then evaporated by this energy, assuming sap has the same thermal characteristics as water?

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 20.4 Electric Power and Energy, exercise 25

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