Current Electricity
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A heating element usingnichrome connected to a \(230 \mathrm{~V}\) supply draws an initial current of 3.2 A which settles after a few seconds to a steady value of \(2.8 \mathrm{~A}\). What is the steady temperature of the heating element if the room temperature is \(27.0^{\circ} \mathrm{C}\) ? Temperature coefficient of resistance of nichrome averaged over the temperature range involved is
\(1.70 \times 10^{-4} \mathrm{C}^{-1}\) ?