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

question 223

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

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