b. It depends on the value you assume for the power line voltage. If you assume it is 120 volts, then the ratio to battery voltage is
... (120 volts)/(1.2 volts) = 100
Power line voltage is 100 times as large as battery voltage.
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Please be aware of some difficulties in this question.
1. Power line voltage, even if it is "120 volts" varies over time from -170 V to +170 V, so is not really comparable to a battery's voltage, which is steady at 1.2 V.
2. The terminology "times larger" is ambiguous. When we answer the question, "how much larger is <em>a</em> than <em>b</em>," we give the response in terms of the difference a-b. Thus, if <em>a</em> is 2 times <em>larger</em> than <em>b</em>, we might be talking about the <em>difference</em> being twice the value of <em>b</em>. It is preferable to say "times as large as."
