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A defibrillator is used by emergency medical staff to shock the heart of an accident v...

A defibrillator is used by emergency medical staff to shock the heart of an accident victim by applying a 10,000-V potential difference across the victim’s chest. (a) If the defibrillator has an internal resistance of and the victim’s heart has a resistance of what is the current that passes through the victim’s heart the moment the defibrillator is discharged? (b) If the defibrillator delivers this current over a 10-ms time interval, how many electrons pass through the heart during this process?

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