To recharge a 12-V battery, a battery charger must move 3.6 × 10^5 C of charge from the negative to the positive terminal. What amount of work is done by the battery charger? How many kilowatt hours is this?


4.3 MJ, 1.2 kWh

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What will be an ideal response?

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