Question: (a) What current is needed to transmit 1.00 x 10 2 MW of power at 10.0 kV? (b) Find the resistance of 1.00 km of

(a) What current is needed to transmit 1.00 x 102 MW of power at 10.0 kV?

(b) Find the resistance of 1.00 km of wire that would cause a 0.0100% power loss. 

(c) What is the diameter of a 1.00-km-long copper wire having this resistance?

(d) What is unreasonable about these results? 

(e) Which assumptions are unreasonable, or which premises are inconsistent?

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