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Explain why ultra-high voltages are used to carry electricity over transmission lines.

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Well, let's take it the other way. If you have a rather low voltage (220 volts -- Europe -- is low) you'd get a high current, which more easily dissipates as heat, resulting in loss of energy. Using a high voltage you have a low current which could easily be transported with almost no loss.

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$PE=m\,*\,g\,*\,h\\12.5\,J=1.0\,kg\,*9.8\,\frac{m}{s^2} \,*\,h\\\frac{12.5}{9.8} \,meters= h\\h=1.2755\ meters$