Maybe because the root word for electricity is Greek as well.
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Maybe because the root word for electricity is Greek as well.
tacomafc
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480 sparky this was the only ohm law mistake i made
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Huh? What does Ohms law have to do with the Greek language?
tacomafc
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your remark in regards to ohms law 480 sparky. I could pass all math calculations but at the time of the test i get a little nervous. And this is that stupid mistake.!!!!
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tacomafc:
Were you given one of these Greek letters and asked for the name of the symbol (letter)?
Φφ Phi
Ψψ Psi
When taking tests you should try to cross check your answer with some simple alternative means to obtain an approximation.
For example on your ohm's law problem --- If you raise the voltage on an invariant resistor what happens to the current? Disregarding any equations this should be intuitive to you. Of course the current increases. In your question you had a resistance that you had to calculate. After calculating the resistance you chose to divide the resistance by the voltage. When you do this what happens to the current? It goes down. This is contrary to what you know intuitively.
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tacomafc:
Were you given one of these Greek letters and asked for the name of the symbol (letter)?
Φφ Phi
Ψψ Psi
When taking tests you should try to cross check your answer with some simple alternative means to obtain an approximation.
For example on your ohm's law problem --- If you raise the voltage on an invariant resistor what happens to the current? Disregarding any equations this should be intuitive to you. Of course the current increases. In your question you had a resistance that you had to calculate. After calculating the resistance you chose to divide the resistance by the voltage. When you do this what happens to the current? It goes down. This is contrary to what you know intuitively.
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We have a person of Greek heritage in our office. He tells me this:
The Greek word for ?phase? would be ?fasma.?
The Greek words for ?single phase? would be ?mono fasiko.?
The Greek words for ?three phase? would be ?tri fasiko.?
My guess is that the author of this test question was trying (with, as it turns out, no success whatsoever) to be clever. My guess is that that person thought that the Greek word for ?phase? is, indeed, ?phase.? Do you recall if that was even one of the choices?
The Greek word for ?phase? would be ?fasma.?
The Greek words for ?single phase? would be ?mono fasiko.?
The Greek words for ?three phase? would be ?tri fasiko.?
My guess is that the author of this test question was trying (with, as it turns out, no success whatsoever) to be clever. My guess is that that person thought that the Greek word for ?phase? is, indeed, ?phase.? Do you recall if that was even one of the choices?
tacomafc
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im not to sure what the 4 choices were. Probably because I could barely pronounce it.
thank you!
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thank you!
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could it be theta? theta is the name of the greek letter for phase. that funny looking O with a slash we use to say 1 phase or 3 phase is pronounced as theta. btw sigma is a mathmatical symbal, used for summation in calculus and statistics.
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