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Some light bulbs are conected in parallel to a 120 V source as shown in the figure. Each bulb dissipates an average power of 60 W The circuit has a fuse F that burns out when the current in the circuit exceeds 9 A. Determine the largest number of bulbs of the following, that can be used in the circuit without burning out the fuse

  1. 9    
  2. 17    
  3. 36    
  4. 34    

The correct answer is: 17

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