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Thursday, 14 November 2013

Q.No.150: - A certain flash-light can use a 10ohm bulb or a 5ohm bulb. Which bulb should be used to get the brighter light? Which bulb will discharge the battery first?

Q.No.150: - A certain flash-light can use a 10ohm bulb or a 5ohm bulb. Which bulb should be used to get the brighter light? Which bulb will discharge the battery first?

Ans: - If the bulbs are connected in parallel then they will have same brightness because the brightness depends upon the voltage. If the bulbs are connected in series then first bulb will be brighter than the second because in series the voltage drop is different in two bulbs. The bulb which has more resistance will discharge the battery soon.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

but the bulb with less resistance have more current flowing through it ,so it will be brighter as well as it will discharge the battery first .....hence the answer for both question is 5 ohm bulb

Unknown said...

Part 1.
The 5 Ohm bulb will produce the brighter light.
Brightness is proportional to power.
V is pretty much the same for both bulbs.
Power = V^2/R
[V^2/(5 Ohm)] > [V^2/(10 Ohm)]

Part 2.
The 5 Ohm bulb will discharge the battery of the flashlight faster than the 10 Ohm bulb will.
Current = V/R
[V/(5 Ohm)] > [V/(10 Ohm)]

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