Cora, an electrician, wraps a copper wire with a thick plastic coating. What is she most likely trying to do?

Plastic is an electrical insulator, so it prevents electric charge from easily passing through the coating. Wrapping the copper wire in plastic helps keep current from escaping the wire and protects people from contact with the conducting copper. The coating does not balance the wire’s electric potential or increase its voltage.

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