Circuit Diagrams
 

Circuit Diagrams problem 15


A student measures the resistance of a sample of wire. She plans to use the circuit shown in the figure below.




Two circuit symbols are incomplete.


  • Complete the symbols for the two meters on the figure.


  • The current in the wire is . The potential difference across the wire is . Calculate the resistance of the wire.


  • The student tests a thinner wire. It is the same length as the wire in (b) and is made of the same material. The potential difference across the wire is . Explain how the current in this thinner wire compares with that in the first wire.


 

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