Current Electricity 3 Question 3
3. A cell of internal resistance drives current through an external resistance . The power delivered by the cell to the external resistance will be maximum when
(8 April 2019, II)
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(b)
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Solution:
- Given circuit is shown in the figure below
Net current,
Power across
For the maximum power,
Alternate Solution
From maximum power theorem, power dissipated will be maximum when internal resistance of source will be equals to external load resistance, i.e.