A Battery Is Connected Across a Series Combination of Two

question 37

Multiple Choice

A battery is connected across a series combination of two identical resistors.If the potential difference across the terminals is V and the current in the battery is i, then:

• A)the potential difference across each resistor is V and the current in each resistor is i
• B)the potential difference across each resistor is V/2 and the current in each resistor is i/2
• C)the potential difference across each resistor is V and the current in each resistor is i/2
• D)the potential difference across each resistor is V/2 and the current in each resistor is i
• E)none of the above are true

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Definitions:

Accommodation

A cognitive process outlined in Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, referring to how we alter our existing frameworks or ideas to incorporate new information.

Assimilation

The process by which a person or a group's language and/or culture come to resemble those of another group, often leading to the diminution of the original culture.

Conservation

In cognitive development, the understanding that certain properties of objects, such as volume or mass, remain the same even when their forms or appearances change.

Egocentrism

The cognitive inability to differentiate between one's own perspective and another person's perspective.