A heater is being designed that uses a coil of 14-gauge nichrome wire to generate 300 W using a voltage of V = 110 V . How long should the engineer make the wire?(Note 14-guage wire has a diameter of 1.63 mm.)

The length of the wire is 83.2 m.

Explanation:

Given that,

Power of heater, P = 300 W

Voltage, V = 110 V

The resistivity of nichrome wire is,

The electric power of a wire is given by :

Area of cross section of the wire is :

Resistance of a material is given by :

So, the length of the wire is 83.2 m. Hence, this is the required solution.

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