You pick a system for which no control sample exists, so that no one can show that the alleged causal relationships you assert do not, in fact, lead to the phenomenon you claim to have observed.
Answer:
The time constant τ = L/R represent the time requiered for the curent to get value of 63 % of its maximun value
Explanation:
In a circuit RL ( serie circuit with a resistor R and the inductor L ) when a voltage is applied the inductor will have a reaction, such reaction consist in the creation of an electromotive force which will prevent the current to get its maximun value. The time constant which in the case of an inductor is
τ = L/R , represent the time requiered for the crrent to be 63 % of its final value
Since all of the appliances ... and everything else in the house that's
plugged into a wall outlet ... are all in parallel, they don't have any
effect on each other. They don't know about each other. The
question asks about the frying pan, so the toaster and the lamp
have no effect on the answer.
The frying pan has 120 V applied to it, and it produces 1592 watts
of heat.
Power = (voltage)·(current)
1592 watts = (120 v)·(current)
Divide each side by 120v:
Current = (1592 watts) / (120 volts)
Current = 13.27 Amperes
