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<a onClick="window.open('/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=jpg:: ::/sites/dl/free/0070524076/57981/open21.jpg','popWin', 'width=NaN,height=NaN,resizable,scrollbars');" href="#"><img valign="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" border="0" src="/olcweb/styles/shared/linkicons/image.gif"> (14.0K)</a> Look closely at the overhead power lines that supply electricity to a house. There are three cables: two are insulated and one is uninsulated. Why are there three--aren't two sufficient to make a complete circuit? Do the three cables correspond to the three prongs of an electrical outlet?









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