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Grade 12Electric Current

A miliammeter of range 10mA has a coil of 1 ohm. To use it as an ammeter of range 1A, the required shunt must have a resistance of?

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7 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Khimraj
7 Years ago
let shunt resistanceis S then
S(I – Ig) = G*Ig
S*(1 – 0.01) = 1*0.01
S = 1/99 ohm
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