In France, the wall sockets provide an AC voltage with Vrms = 230 V. You want to use an appliance designed to operate in the United States (Vrms = 120 V) and decide to build a transformer to convert the power line voltage in France to the value required by your appliance. (a) Should you use a "step-down" transformer (to make Vrms smaller) or a "step-up" transformer (which makes Vrms larger)?
a "step-up" transformer
a "step-down" transformer
(b) If the input coil of your transformer has 2760 turns, how many turns should the output coil have?
turns

a)step-down" transformer

b) 1440 turns

Explanation:

There are two types of transformers; step up transformers and step down transformers. A step down transformer converts a higher voltage to a lower voltage.

In a stepdown transformer, there are more turns in the primary coil than in the secondary coil, the turns ratio Ns/Np is less than 1 for a stepdown transformer.

If

Number of turns in primary coil Np= 2760

Number of turns in secondary coil Ns= unknown

Voltage in primary coil Vp= 230 V

Voltage in secondary coil Vs= 120 V

Ns/Np= Vs/VP

NsVp= NpVs

Ns= NpVs/VP = 2760 × 120/230

Ns= 1440 turns

true

explanation:

c. newton's third law of motion