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- From: alanj@endeavor18.tek.com (Alan Jeddeloh)
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- Subject: Re: Power and current
- Keywords: Power and current
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- Date: 25 Jan 93 17:30:36 GMT
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- In article <C1DAMI.2JF@math.okstate.edu> dunne@math.okstate.edu (Ed Dunne) writes:
- > ... I tried looking through my
- >old physics books to find the critical formula. There was lots on
- >Maxwell's equations and other swell stuff, but not what I wanted.
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- Power is the only thing I *can* remember! What I *can't* remember is Ohms Law
- ( V = I / R?.. or was the I = V / R? no.....)
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- But I *can* remember: P = I^2 * R and P = V * I
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- Thus, *every* time I need Ohm's law, I have to derive it in my head!
- I^2 * R = V * I ==> V = I * R
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