Current Electricity 5 Question 2
2. The Wheatstone bridge shown in figure here, gets balanced when the carbon resistor is used as has the color code (orange, red, brown). The resistors and are and 40 , respectively.
Assuming that the color code for the carbon resistors gives their accurate values, the color code for the carbon resistor is used as
(2019 Main, 10 Jan II)
(a) brown, blue, black
(b) brown, blue, brown
(c) grey, black, brown
(d) red, green, brown
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Solution:
- The value of
(orange, red, brown)
Given,
In balanced Wheatstone bridge condition,
Comparing the value of