Question

3. You have likely been warned to avoid contact with electrical appliances or even electrical outlets when your hands are wet. Such contact is more dangerous when your hands are wet (vs. dry) because wet hands cause ____.

Answer 1

Answer:

your resistance to be lower

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

your resistance to be lower

Explanation:

water is good conductor of electricity so when the hands are wet they have relatively less resistance compared to dry hands.

Hence there is low interruption to flow of charge through body. Hence when any electrical appliance is touched with wet hands, current flow flow through body increase due to less resistance and electrical shock to the body which can be fatal.