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Question
Keeping the potential difference constant, the resistance of a circuit is doubled. The current will become:
Options
double
half
one-fourth
Four times
Solution
half
As we know from Ohm’s law:
Voltage = Current x Resistance
V = IR
If the voltage is constant, the resistance is doubled and the current becomes half.
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