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Wikipedia says the purpose of a transformer is to increase voltage to decrease intensity, thus reducing loss of energy due to heat dispersion in the wire. How does this fit in with the equation V=RI, where increasing the voltage would also increase the intensity?

by /u/FelixTheFrCat in /r/askscience

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