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The electrical resistance of the human body is highly variable, primarily dependent on the moisture content of the skin. For dry skin, the resistance is significantly higher, typically ranging from 10,000 ohms to 100,000 ohms (10⁴ to 10⁵ ohm). When considering the order of magnitude for a dry human body, 10⁴ ohm is taken as a representative value.
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(a) 10² ohm: This value represents a significantly lower resistance than that of dry human skin. Such low resistance is typically observed when the skin is wet, moist, or when there is direct internal contact with electrical conductors.
(c) 10⁶ ohm: While dry skin offers high resistance, 10⁶ ohm is generally above the typical range (10⁴ to 10⁵ ohm) for a dry human body.
(d) 10⁸ ohm: This value represents an extremely high resistance, which is not characteristic of the human body, even under very dry conditions. It is considerably beyond the realistic range of biological resistance.