Two cities are 150 km apart. Electric power is sent from one city to another city through copper wires. The fall of potential per km is 8 volt and the average resistance per km is 0.5 Ω Ω The power loss in the wire is:
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B
Here, Distance between two cities
Resistance of the wire, 
Voltage drop across the wire,

Power loss in the wire is

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