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State whether the following is true or false.
A car offers reasonable protection from lightning because of its metal body rather than its rubber tyres.

  • A.True only at large scales
  • B.False only at small scales
  • C.True
  • D.False

Answer: C

The tyres are irrelevant to a discharge that has already crossed kilometres of air. The conducting shell carries the current around the occupants. Rubber cannot insulate against such a discharge. The tyres play no part in the protection at all.

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