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You are perhaps confusing your terms. However, you should be able to figure out what you want from a few formulas.

Voltage = Current x Resistance

Watts = Volts x Amps

A standard 60 watt incandescent bulb draws .5 amps. You just add up the number of bulb currents to get total current. For example, 10 bulbs would require 5 amps. Since you should not exceed 80% of the load on a breaker, a standard 15 amp breaker at 80% load is 12 amps. So on this circuit you could have 24 60 watt bulbs.

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