SOLUTION: A transformer has a primary voltage of 480 volts and a secondary voltage of 120 volts. If the primary windings have 700 turns, how many turns are in the secondary windings? (Voltag

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Question 312218: A transformer has a primary voltage of 480 volts and a secondary voltage of 120 volts. If the primary windings have 700 turns, how many turns are in the secondary windings? (Voltage and number of turns are directly proportional.)
Found 2 solutions by nyc_function, Edwin McCravy:
Answer by nyc_function(2741)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let t = number of turns in the secondary windings
480/120 = 700/t
Solve for t and you will have your answer.
HINT: Cross-multiply and then divide to find t.

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A transformer has a primary voltage of 480 volts and a secondary voltage of 120 volts. If the primary windings have 700 turns, how many turns are in the secondary windings? (Voltage and number of turns are directly proportional.)





Cross multiply:











Edwin


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