You have a parallel circuit in a house that operates on 120 V with several outlets for plugging in appliances and it has a 20 A fuse in the circuit. What is the maximum number of 600-W appliances that can be plugged into the outlets without "blowing" the fuse? Assume that if the current flow exceeds the rating of the fuse, it will blow
a. 2 b. 4
c. 5 d. 7
c
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false