You Obtain a 100-W Light Bulb and a 50-W Light

question 190

Multiple Choice

You obtain a 100-W light bulb and a 50-W light bulb. Instead of connecting them in the normal way, you devise a circuit that places them in series across normal household voltage. If each one is
An incandescent bulb of fixed resistance, which statement about these bulbs is correct?

• A) The 50-W bulb glows more brightly than the 100-W bulb.
• B) Both bulbs glow with the same brightness, but more than their normal brightness.
• C) The 100-W bulb glows brighter than the 50-W bulb.
• D) Both bulbs glow with the same brightness, but less than their normal brightness.

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