Physics: Principles with Applications (7th Edition)

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Chapter 18 - Electric Currents - Problems - Page 522: 24

Answer

$T=47.6^{\circ}C$

Work Step by Step

We know that: $R=R_{\circ}[1+\alpha(T-T_{\circ})]$ This can be rearranged as $T=T_{\circ}+\frac{1}{\alpha}(\frac{R}{R_{\circ}}-1)$ But we know also know that $R=\frac{V}{I}$ $\implies T=T_{\circ}+\frac{1}{\alpha}(\frac{\frac{V}{I}}{\frac{V}{I_{\circ}}}-1)$ This simplifies to $T=T_{\circ}+\frac{1}{\alpha}(\frac{I_{\circ}}{I}-1)$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $T=23.5^{\circ}+\frac{1}{0.00429}\times(\frac{0.4212}{0.3818}-1)=47.6^{\circ}C$
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