Current Electricity - Result Question 50
53. A cell can be balanced against and 100 of potentiometer wire, respectively with and without being short circuited through a resistance of . Its internal resistance is
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(a)
(b)
(c)
(d) zero
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Answer:
Correct Answer: 53. (a)
Solution:
- (a) Here
, hence the lengths and are interchanged.
Without being short-circuited through R, only the battery E is balanced.
When
or,
Dividing (i) by (ii), we get
or,
or,