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Old 01-31-2010, 09:16 AM
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A cell of emf X is connected across resistor R. The potential diffrence across wire is Y. The internal resistance of cell is:
a>{(X-Y)R}/Y b>{(X-Y)R}/X
c>(X-Y)R d>(X-Y)/R
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I tried every law like Ohms Law, Kirchoffs Law but failed 2 solve.
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Old 02-12-2010, 10:35 AM
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Yep, just use Ohm's law and Kirchoff's voltage law.

Assuming "wire" means "resistor".

Draw the circuit and you'll see what unknowns need to be found.
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My mathematics is very poor. so , i was unable. please post the little solution of that problem upto some steps then i would understand and do remaining steps later.
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Sure. Make sure you draw the circuit, that's pretty crucial. Call the internal resistance Ri.

Apply KVL to find the voltage across the internal resistance.

Use Ohm's law to find I in the external resistor:
Y = I * R
I = Y / R

Assume I is the same everywhere in the loop. This is a trivial case of KCL.

Use Ohm's law on the internal resistance to find its value.


My approach to these things tends to be just write down as many non-trivial equations as you can think of then solve them.
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