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Homework Statement
The heating resistor is rated at 10ohms and 1W. By how much was its power exceeded? Why didn't the resistor burn up?
This is a question taken from an Electrical Equivalent of Heat lab assignment... here is a link to the exact same lab we did...
http://www.kbcc.cuny.edu/academicDepartments/PHYSCI/physics_12_14/pdf/Experiment4_EEquivalent_Heat.pdf
Homework Equations
P=V^2/R where V=10ohms and R=10ohms
The Attempt at a Solution
P=10W but the resistors rating was 1W and I don't really know why it didn't burn up. My only guess is that some of the power was lost due to the water absorbing some of the energy given off by the resistor?
Help!
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