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Current Electricity · Question 25

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1

The total length of potentiometer wire AB is 50 cm in the arrangement as shown in the figure. If P is the point where the galvanometer shows zero reading then the length AP is cm. [figure]

  1. 25
  2. 30
  3. 15
  4. 20

Answer

(2) 30

Solution

The arrangement is a balanced Wheatstone bridge: 6 and 4 form one pair of arms, the wire segments AP and PB the other.

At null point: 64 = RAPRPB = lAPlPB (uniform wire)

lAP = 66 + 4 50 = 30 cm

Answer: (2)

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