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O-LevelPhysicsElectricity5054/11 · May/June 2019 · Q351 Mark

The cable to an electric cooker contains a live wire, a neutral wire and an earth wire. When the cooker is working correctly, in which wires are the currents equal?

Athe live, the neutral and the earth
Bthe live and the earth only
Cthe neutral and the earth only
Dthe neutral and the live only

✓ Correct answer

D: the neutral and the live only

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Electricity, O-Level Physics (syllabus 5054). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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O-Level Physics, May/June 2019 Paper 1 Variant 1, question 35.

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