Q. The power is transmitted from a power house on high voltage ac because
A) Electric current travels faster at higher $volts$
B) It is more economical due to less power wastage
C) It is difficult to generate power at low voltage
D) Changes of stealing transmission lines are minimized
Explanation
(b) Power loss $\propto \frac{1}{(Voltage)^{2}}$
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