Question: solve 2. Context Rich problem: You and a friend are studying for an exam and the session goes until the early morning. At about 4

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2. Context Rich problem: You and a friend are studying for an exam and the session goes until the early morning. At about 4 am you decide to cook some breakfast. Despite being sleepy you've got the coffee perking. Now you want to make some waffles but you realize there might be a problem. The 1000-watt waffle iron and the 600-watt coffee maker are plugged into the 110 V kitchen electrical outlets. If you plug in your 700-watt blender, will you overload the 20 A circuit breaker? The circuit breaker protects those kitchen circuit wires that have the most current from carrying too much current. You are trying to figure out how the electrical outlets are connected together in a circuit when your friend reminds you that when you disconnect the coffeepot, the waffle iron stays on. Now everything is clear

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