A 90000-V Battery Is Used to Produce a Current Through Two

question 50

Multiple Choice

A 9.0000-V battery is used to produce a current through two identical resistors in series,each having a resistance of 150.00 k $\varOmega$ .A handheld digital multimeter (DMM) is used to measure the potential difference across the first resistor by placing probe leads at each end of this resistor.Typical DMMs have an internal resistance of 10 M $\varOmega$ .What is the current in the circuit with the DMM connected?

• A)30.22 \(\mu\)A
• B)30.00 \(\mu\)A
• C)29.78 \(\mu\)A
• D)30.33 \(\mu\)A
• E)30.14 \(\mu\)A

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