23. Two identical appliances are on the same household circuit and the circuit breaker trips when someone

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23. Two identical appliances are on the same household circuit and the circuit breaker trips when someone tries to turn on both at the same time. Which of the following is true (there may be more than one correct answer):

(a) if the breaker is reset and only one appliance is on, the breaker will not trip;

(b) if the breaker is reset, having only one appliance on might not trip the breaker again;

(c) each appliance had too low a resistance to work with a 120-V circuit breaker;

and/or

(d) the appliances together have an equivalent resistance too low to work with a 120-V circuit breaker.

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