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A coil takes 15 minutes to boil a certain amount of water. Another coil takes 20 minutes for the same process. Time taken to boil the same amount of water when both coils are connected in series is
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Options:
  • A 5 minutes
  • B 8.6 minutes
  • C 35 minutes
  • D 30 minutes
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 35 minutes
From Joule's law,

        H=V2tRJ cal

Where V is potential difference, t is the time and R is the resistance.

        R=R1+R2

Let tR=HJV2= constant=k

R1=kt1 and R2=kt2

 kt=kt1+kt2

t=15+20

       t=35 minutes

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