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Ohm’s law & power
Calculate current and dissipated power for a resistive load.
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The calculation
I = V / R P = V² / R
Assumptions & limits
Use DC voltage or RMS voltage across a pure resistance. A loudspeaker’s frequency-dependent impedance cannot generally be replaced by its DC resistance for AC power calculations.
Background: Electric circuits · OpenStax University Physics
