Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134202709
Author: Richard Wolfson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 27, Problem 6FTD
A car battery has a 12-V emf, yet energy from the battery provides the 30,000-V spark that ignites the gasoline. How is this possible?
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