Moving Charges and Magnetism - Result Question 84

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86. A galvanometer having a resistance of $8 ohms$ is shunted by a wire of resistance 2 ohms. If the total current is $1 amp$, the part of it passing through the shunt will be

======= ####86. A galvanometer having a resistance of $8 ohms$ is shunted by a wire of resistance 2 ohms. If the total current is $1 amp$, the part of it passing through the shunt will be

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(b) $0.8 amp$

(c) $0.2 amp$

(d) $0.5 amp$

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Answer:

Correct Answer: 86. (b)

Solution:

  1. (b) $I_s=I \times \frac{G}{S+G}=1 \times \frac{8}{2+8}$

$ =\frac{8}{10}=0.8 amp . $