Why are lights in house wired in house wired in a parallel or nothing series

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You win the lottery and decide to impress your friends by exhibiting a million-dollar cube of gold. at the time, gold is selling for $ 426.60 per troy ounce, and 1.0000 troy ounce equals 31.1035 g. -how tall would your million-dollar cube be? en cm

On a mild saturday morning while people are working inside, the furnace keeps the temperature inside the building at 23degreesc. at noon the furnace is turned off, and the people go home. the temperature outside is a constant 16degreesc for the rest of the afternoon. if the time constant for the building is 3 hr, when will the temperature inside the building reach 18degreesc? if some windows are left open and the time constant drops to 2 hr, when will the temperature inside reach 18degreesc?