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An electric toaster uses nichrome for its heating element.When a negligibly small current passes through it. Its resistance at room temperature ( 27.0∘C27.0^\circ\text{C} ) is found to be 75.3 Ω75.3\ \Omega . When the toaster is connected to a 230 V230\ \text{V} supply, the current settles, after a few seconds, to a steady value of 2.68 A2.68\ \text{A} . What is the steady temperature of the nichrome element? The temperature coefficient of resistance of nichrome averaged over the temperature range involved, is 1.70×10−4 ∘C−11.70 \times 10^{-4}\ ^\circ\text{C}^{-1} .

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