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An electric bulb is designed to operate at 12 volts DC. If this bulb is connected to an AC source and given normal brightness, what would be the peak voltage of the source?

Given that an electric bulb is designed to operate at voltage = 12V.

If the bulb is connected to an AC source and given normal brightness, then the peak voltage will be






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