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Consider a 1400 W toaster, a 1400 W electric frying pan, and a 95 W lamp that are plugged into the same outlet in a 15 A, 120 V circuit.

(a) What current is drawn by the toaster in A?

(b) What current is drawn by the frying pan in A?

(c) What current is drawn by the lamp in A?

(d) What combination of devices will blow the 15 A fuse

The toaster and the lamp.
The toaster by itself.
None of these combination would blow the 15 A fuse.
The frying pan and the lamp.
The toaster and frying pan together.

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