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Calculus Made Easy

(14) The electromotive-force necessary to maintain an electric arc of length with a current of intensity has been found by Mrs. Ayrton to be

,

where , , , are constants.

Find an expression for the variation of the electromotive-force with regard to the length of the arc; with regard to the strength of the current.