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Grade 12Electric Current

The supply voltage to a room is 120 V.The resistance of the lead wires is 6 ohm.A 60 W bulb is already switched on.What is the decrease of voltage across the bulb,when a 240 W heater is switched on in parallel to the bulb?

Profile image of simran kohli
12 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of karuna Yadav
12 Years ago
i guess there will be no voltage drop but there will be increase in current
Profile image of Sona Sheril Antony
12 Years ago
When two or more appliances are connected in parallel,the current gets divided between them. But the voltage across both the appliances will be same as the supply voltage. Therefore, there wont be any decrease in voltage across the bulb.