Voltage used by an electrical device is
, where
is the voltage in volts,
is the power in watts, and
is the resistance in ohms.
The function
.
(a)
\Find power consumption of the lamp.
\Voltage
.
Resistance
.
Solve for
.
Consider
.

.
Substitute the values of
and
in above equation.

watts.
The power consumption of the lamp is
watts.
(b)
\Find the resistance of the DVD player.
\Current
.
Power
watts.
Solve for
.
Consider
.

Substitute the values of
and
in above equation.

The resistance of the DVD player is
.
(c)
\Ohms law :
\Ohms law states that the current through a conductor between two points is directly proportional to the potential difference across the two points.
\
Ohms law expresses voltage in terms of current and resistance. The two functions are
and
.
Solve for
.
Consider
.

Substitute
in equation (1).
(a) The power consumption of the lamp is
watts.
(b) The resistance of the DVD player is
.
(c)
.