Turbine producing current - Ohmic heating

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Homework Statement


The turbine produces current that is at 12kV. To lessen the problem of Ohmic heating, a transformer steps up the voltage to 138kV for power line tranmission.


Homework Equations



Np/Ns=Vp/Vs

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Are you supposed to find the turns ratio of the transformer?
 

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