Two cities are $150\,\, km$ apart. Electric power is sent from one city to another city through copper wires. The fall of potential per $km$ is $8\,\, volt$ and the average resistance per km is $0.5 \,\,\Omega .$ The power loss in the wire is
  • A$19.2 \,W$
  • B$19.2\, kW$
  • C$12.2 \,kW$
  • D$12.2 \,W$
AIPMT 2014, Medium
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