Current Electricity 4 Question 2
2. In the circuit shown, a four-wire potentiometer is made of a long wire, which extends between and . The resistance per unit length of the potentiometer wire is . If an ideal voltmeter is connected as shown with jockey at from end , the expected reading of the voltmeter will be
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(b)
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Solution:
- In given potentiometer, resistance per unit length is
.
Length of potentiometer wire is
Net resistance of the wire
Net internal resistance of the cells connected in series,
Reading of voltmeter when the jockey is at