Question

A human being can be electrocuted if a current as small as 50 mA passes near the heart. An electrician working with sweaty hands makes good contact with the two conductors he is holding, one in each hand. If his resistance is 2000 0, what might the fatal voltage be?

Answer 1

Answer:

Fatal voltage will be 1000 volt

Explanation:

We have given that current is very small as $i=50 mA=50\times 10^{-3}A$

Resistance is given as R = 20000 ohm

We have to find the fatal velotage

According to ohm's law

We know that voltage is given by $V=iR$

So fatal voltage will be $V=50\times 10^{-3}\times 20000=1000volt$

So fatal voltage will be 1000 volt