Question: A three-way light bulb contains two filaments connected in parallel which can be plugged into a standard wall outlet (VRMS = 125 V). Each of

A three-way light bulb contains two filaments connected in parallel which can be plugged into a standard wall outlet (VRMS = 125 V). Each of the two parallel branches contains a switch so that you can have just the dimmer filament on ("Low"), just the brighter filament on ("Medium"), or both on at the same time ("High"). The dimmer filament has a resistance of Rdim = 600 , and when the "Medium" setting is used the bulb dissipates an average power of Pmedium = 85 W. What is the average power dissipated when the "High" setting is used? Please show Representation, initial equations, Algebra work (only symbols), Units check, and Numerical

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