Question: Show your work and type out all responses... 1. (a) A defibrillator sends a 6.00-A current through the chest of a patient by applying a

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(a) A defibrillator sends a 6.00-A current through the chest of a patient by applying a 10,000-V potential as in the figure below. What is the resistance of the path?

(b) The defibrillator paddles make contact with the patient through a conducting gel that greatly reduces the path resistance. Discuss the difficulties that would ensue if a larger voltage were used to produce the same current through the patient, but with the path having perhaps 50 times the resistance. (Hint: The current must be about the same, so a higher voltage would imply greater power. Use this equation for power:P=I2R)

Show your work and type out all responses...1.(a) A defibrillator sends a

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