A car battery with a 12-V emf and an internal resistance of 0.050 is being charged with

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A car battery with a 12-V emf and an internal resistance of 0.050Ω is being charged with a current of 60 A. Note that in this process the battery is being charged.

(a) What is the potential difference across its terminals? 

(b) At what rate is thermal energy being dissipated in the battery?

(c) At what rate is electric energy being converted to chemical energy? 

(d) What are the answers to (a) and (b) when the battery is used to supply 60 A to the starter motor?

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