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What is electric power?
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It is the rate at which an electric appliance converts electric energy into other forms of energy. Or, it is the rate at which work is done by a source of emf in maintaining an electric current through a circuit.
P = `"W"/"t" = "VI" = "I"^2"R" = "V"^2/"R"`
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