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A potentiometer circuit has been set up for finding the internal resistance of a given cell. The main battery, used across the potentiometer wire, has an emf of 2.0 V and a negligible internal resistance. The potentiometer wire itself is 4 m long. When the resistance, R, connected across the given cell, has values of.
i infinity ii 9.5 Ω
The 'balancing lengths, on the potentiometer wire are found to be 3m and 2.85 m, respectively. The value of internal resistance of the cell is:
PhysicsCurrent ElectricityNEETNEET 2014
Options:
  • A 0.25 Ω
  • B 9.5 Ω
  • C 0.5 Ω
  • D 0.75 Ω
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 0.5 Ω

Here, we have to calculate the internal resistence of the unknown cell.

So, we have to use the following formulae:

Internal resistance of the unknown cell is
r=l1l2-1R=32.85-19.5Ω=0.5Ω

Hence the internal resistance will be 0.5 Ohm

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