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For what purpose are the transformers used ?

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To step down the a.c. voltage.
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To step up the a.c. voltage.
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both A & B
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None of the above
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Solution

The correct option is C both A & B
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Transformers are found everywhere alternating current is used. This includes both large power stations to the power cord for our laptop computer. A transformer is an electrical device that trades voltage for current in a circuit, while not affecting the total electrical power. This means it takes high-voltage electricity with a small current and changes it into low-voltage electricity with a large current, or vice-versa. That is, step up or step down the voltage in a circuit.
A step-up transformer turns low-voltage electricity into high-voltage electricity while dropping the current. A step-down transformer changes high-voltage electricity into low-voltage electricity.
For a transformer to work, the current in one coil has to somehow make current flow in the other coil and the circuit it's connected to. A DC current in one coil will make a magnetic field on the other coil, but a magnetic field by itself won't drive any electrons around. A changing magnetic field, however, does create an electric force which will accelerate those electrons in the other coil into carrying a current. This process is described by Faraday's law of induction. We get a changing field from an AC current, since the current which makes the field is changing. Hence, DC current cannot be used as a source for a generator.

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